Online reliable/CHEAP back up plans inc SW

Online reliable/CHEAP back up plans inc SW

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Turn7

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23,502 posts

220 months

Sunday 28th August 2016
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Whats the best current offering for economical and reliable software for whole PC back up ?

Currently using Crashplan backing up to an external HD but would like to also upload to offsite.

Meeja

8,289 posts

247 months

Monday 29th August 2016
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Not one that I use, but have a couple of friends who use BackBlaze, and have been very happy with it.

Turn7

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23,502 posts

220 months

Monday 29th August 2016
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Thanks, what do you use out of interest ?

Chris Hinds

478 posts

164 months

Monday 29th August 2016
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I have been using Crashplan Off-site cloud backup for the last three years without an issue from Windows clients but if you try and run the headless client on a Synology NAS be aware that each time Crashplan updates it tends to break the NAS link!

essayer

9,011 posts

193 months

Monday 29th August 2016
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FreeNAS is the same, although usually you can fix it with a bit of Googling.

I restored about 4GB of files that we deleted mistakenly 18 months ago and only just noticed a few weeks back when the client asked for them eek so for that reason I can definitely recommend Crashplan's paid service.

Meeja

8,289 posts

247 months

Monday 29th August 2016
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Old fashioned setup at home... small file server that has Raid config on file storage... backed up to three USB drives, one of which is swapped out to an off site location (the in laws house) every couple.of weeks.

Best internet connection I can get at home makes cloud backups and syncing just not viable.

onlynik

3,978 posts

192 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Turn7 said:
Whats the best current offering for economical and reliable software for whole PC back up ?

Currently using Crashplan backing up to an external HD but would like to also upload to offsite.
Why not just pay for Crashplan to back up to their cloud?

onlynik

3,978 posts

192 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Chris Hinds said:
I have been using Crashplan Off-site cloud backup for the last three years without an issue from Windows clients but if you try and run the headless client on a Synology NAS be aware that each time Crashplan updates it tends to break the NAS link!
Yup, which seems to be every few weeks frown

Turn7

Original Poster:

23,502 posts

220 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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onlynik said:
Turn7 said:
Whats the best current offering for economical and reliable software for whole PC back up ?

Currently using Crashplan backing up to an external HD but would like to also upload to offsite.
Why not just pay for Crashplan to back up to their cloud?
I am tempted,but I heard it takes weeks and weeks to do the initial.
Plus I'm not convinced it's working quite right on my PC.

jmorgan

36,010 posts

283 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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There are comparison reviews with a quick guide as to what you get. Might be easier to see what you need.

For example how many versions are kept of a backed up file or how many devices and external drives etc. Free amount of space to play with for a test or/and Security of the data stored, that It is encrypted, is that important?

Then I make selections in that software, can I get a program on line, so no need to back that up, just the files it generates, word documents etc. So functionality of the client for me is sort of important. Mine encrypts on the computer before transmission so it is slow initially but do not notice it once it has done its first run. However the firm that runs this have no way of looking at my files.

It is one method and I do not rely on it as my only backup. Still use a few external hard drives and dvd's with one HD kept away from home on rotation.

One important feature is what happens when you empty the trash on the computer. Is that mirrored on the backup? On mine you have to go online and remove it, it is kept indefinitely until I tell it to. Makes the accidental delete locally have a safety net.

steveatesh

4,893 posts

163 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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I'm using Dupplica which is $10 per year for any amount of data (so I paid around £7.50).

Servers are supposed to be in the EU although I don't know how to verify that.

It just runs away in the background and can do hourly or scheduled scans and backup.

My initial backup took some time as I had over 80gig of data, but there again my upload speed is pretty st really.

I use this in conjunction with two time machine back ups at home too, I count it as my backstop just in case.

No complaints to date.

edited to add its encrypted locally before upload

Edited by steveatesh on Tuesday 30th August 10:01

onlynik

3,978 posts

192 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Turn7 said:
I am tempted,but I heard it takes weeks and weeks to do the initial.
Plus I'm not convinced it's working quite right on my PC.
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Surely, by that argument, any online backup will take weeks and weeks. I think I uploaded 500 GB in under two weeks.


jmorgan

36,010 posts

283 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Mine, encrypted locally then sending took around a week I think for 230gb, probably less and I have 12 or so up I think.

Found the comparison
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_onli...