RangersRule2 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Any of you guys have any thoughts on all the online backup systems ? I don't add critical stuff that often, but what I've accumulated over many years I would not want to lose even on my extra HD's because of a fire or anything. So I'm gonna probably get one soon, though I guess I am going to have to prioritize data to be saved now and in the future since my C-Drive has 100 gigs and my D-Drive is at 240 gigs. But the C-Drive is mostly programs, I save my updated stuff on the D-Drive and that's mostly YouTubes, Blu-Ray cartoons/movies, etc. Probably 20-40 gigs of pictures, documents, etc. Friends use Mozy, Carbonie, and BackBlaze. Thoughts on those or other methods like iDrive, DropBox, Google Cloud, etc. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecurse0101 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 I currently use Crashplan and have for a few years. It's very easy to set up just like backblaze or carbonite. I think it's something like $40/year for unlimited storage. I've been very happy with it, I've had to reformat my machine and was luckily able to re-map my drives with my backup so I didn't have to re-backup everything. I currently have 3 terabytes backed up with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindG1000 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 I'd get a good external anyway. They're relatively cheap and pretty safe. As far as backup goes - if you're worried about information security I would be wary online backup. Dropbox is actually rather open, Google Cloud is good, but it's one password away from global access (and that includes your digital imprint) and iCloud/iDrive have been leaked numerous times. I suppose the way I'd put it is this - if you use an online backup, use one with multiple layers of security. Else, I'd use a hard backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseCrusader91 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Any of you guys have any thoughts on all the online backup systems ? I don't add critical stuff that often, but what I've accumulated over many years I would not want to lose even on my extra HD's because of a fire or anything. So I'm gonna probably get one soon, though I guess I am going to have to prioritize data to be saved now and in the future since my C-Drive has 100 gigs and my D-Drive is at 240 gigs. But the C-Drive is mostly programs, I save my updated stuff on the D-Drive and that's mostly YouTubes, Blu-Ray cartoons/movies, etc. Probably 20-40 gigs of pictures, documents, etc. Friends use Mozy, Carbonie, and BackBlaze. Thoughts on those or other methods like iDrive, DropBox, Google Cloud, etc. ? what OS? Do you have USB 3.0? I'd create a backup on external first and run an online backup afterwards. A massive failure on a backup can corrupt your files. 2TB are pretty cheap these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I currently use Crashplan and have for a few years. It's very easy to set up just like backblaze or carbonite. I think it's something like $40/year for unlimited storage. I've been very happy with it, I've had to reformat my machine and was luckily able to re-map my drives with my backup so I didn't have to re-backup everything. I currently have 3 terabytes backed up with them. I use Crash Plan as well and have been very happy with it. I use it for both and online backup and to keep a backup on another machine. Everything syncs up beautifully, it's no hassle and the machine to machine backup part is free. They also offer a family plan as well. You can access your backed up files using another computer or mobile device. Finally, they have family plans that let you back up, I think, like 10 devices to the cloud. Here are their different plans: https://www.code42.com/store/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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