I'm also using Dropbox, and it works well for storing things in the cloud and being able to access from anywhere that has a browser.
I use it mainly to share files between my home PC and my iPhone (mostly PDF files). Will On 1 June 2011 03:10, Stephen Price <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Greg > I was using Mozy until they stopped offering unlimited backups. I > decided to look around and am now using Crashplan. I was impressed by > the software and got their 4 year deal with the "leaving Mozy > discount" they had running some months back. I think it was about $200 > or so (forget exact amount), but around the same as Mozy for 4 times > as long (and unlimited), for up to 10 machines in the one household. > (Instead of 3 machines). > > Only complaint was that it seems to be slowing down my machine during > backups. I changed the schedule from always backup to only backup > during the evenings when i'm not using my machine. It has a cool > feature that lets you backup machines locally (or your friends as > well.). I'm backing up my brothers laptop from wherever he is. > Obviously bandwidth needs to be considered but you have granular > control over what you backup, and you can throttle both lan and wan > backups. > Like I said, I was so impressed after a few hours of playing with the > software, I paid for 4 years worth. I did need some support (it was > not indexing/backing up all of my selected disks for some reason) and > the support was quick. They got me to enter some commands into the > client which told it to reindex the backup plan and away it went, not > had a problem since. > > Restores (the important part!) can be done locally through the client, > or via their webpage where it zips up your file selection and then > lets you download the files via normal browser. > > I know what you mean about the ones that make you feel like it was > targetting a non computer user. I felt the same when I looked around. > Crashplan won for me. > > I also use Dropbox for file syncing between machines. 2Gb (plus extra > if you refer someone or get referred by someone). Its handy for > getting files from whereever you are. Might be what you are after if > its just 200Mb of files. Was going to say it wont help if you corrupt > your file but just remembered it has some versioning built in. Never > used that option though, but it is there. Just had a look and context > menu in explorer opens up a web page with versioning history for the > file you selected. > > cheers, > Stephen > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Folks, yeah it’s me again, futzing overtime. > > > > > > > > I’ve been reading the results of web searches on expressions like “cloud > > backup” and I’m getting interesting results, but some of them (like > > Backblaze) want to treat you like a dummy and have some locally installed > > utility run backups for you. Some are really expensive (mostly AU), and > some > > are suspiciously cheap. As usual, it’s like trying to pick fruit at the > > market, too much choice and too many options. > > > > > > > > Has anyone here chosen a cloud backup provider that just gives you a > vanilla > > service for pros like us who know what and when we want to back things > up? > > No fancy UIs or patronising apps, or at least ones that have a small > > footprint. > > > > > > > > I personally wouldn’t want more than about 200MB of space for my vital > > files. > > > > > > > > I have backups on memory sticks, and on a removable drive, and I have > > monthly DVDs with alternate ones placed in the tool shed for offsite > backup. > > But, I’d still like the convenience of zipping files when I feel like it > and > > sending to cloud backup. > > > > > > > > Lord knows about the security issues! That’s something I’d like to be > > reassured about. > > > > > > > > Greg >
