Off site back-up

[Leftie]

I have in the past used an off site back up of key files when I have been working on major projects where loss of the files would be catastrophic. I paid a monthly fee of about £30.

I was wondering how easy it would now be to save files to an external hard drive via the internet, at say a relatives house also on broadband rather than use one of the pay services?

[SneakyNeil]

You could set up a VPN and some sync software, but do you really need the hassle when someone unplugs it to do the hoovering etc.

[BliarOut]

How much data and how often does it change?

You could set up a gmail account (1GB) and use gspace to put the files on there. Ok, so it's not a mission critical solution but if you want free offsite backup it works well enough and if the transfer is a little slow you can always do it overnight.

[puggit]

Easily done with most backup software, but you'd need to use static IP addresses to make it easy - can be pricey to set up.

[Leftie]

puggit said:

Easily done with most backup software, but you'd need to use static IP addresses to make it easy - can be pricey to set up.

This next project where I need daily off site back-ups is fairly short, so it may we worth just using the usual provider (clunk-click as I recall). Pity my wireless won't reach to the house across the ropad, I could put a drive in there!