Not sure if you can send them a drive to upload or not. Crashplan works well for small changed in big files (once uploaded anyway) as it handles bit changes to files. So if a small change happens in a large file only the changed bits get uploaded. Also handles single instances of files (between all crashplan customers I think...?) . Off topic for this thread... On 05/11/2013 1:23 PM, "mike smith" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Stephen Price > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> You don't need fast to backup to the cloud. Crashplan have a good way of >> doing trickle backups. (ans there are other similar solutions). If you >> wanted to put your whole backups (ie acronis backups) in the cloud then >> sure that would take ages and need a fast uplink. >> > > Is that like DollyDrive? (where you ship them a HD with a copy of your > backup, and thereafter upload differential changes?) It sucks the big one > when you update large binaries (EG OS, Office, MSVS etc) where the > differences are huge. Even with 60/20 MB/s speeds, its slow. Really it > needs gig speeds to be usable, and I have doubts that USA located backups > will ever be practical. > > >> My current cable internet is fine for me. I'd like a faster uplink for >> sure but nbn seems like a one day someday thing. >> Some big company with loads of money and a passion for wiring up >> Australia overnight would be awesome.... Hey I can dream. >> > After Sept 7, dreams are all you've got. > > > >> On 05/11/2013 12:06 PM, "Joseph Cooney" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I would have thought if it was worth it to you to have that fast >>> internet then you'd pay for it, and if it wasn't worth it then you >>> wouldn't. That's how markets usually work. >>> On 5 Nov 2013 14:01, "Tony Wright" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> To keep it simple, I can look at a single function and see what it >>>> would be like under an NBN. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Backups for disaster recovery. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I currently backup to a NAS within my environment. The backup of a >>>> server usually takes between 20 minutes and 1 hour, over my internal 1Gbps >>>> network. I have Telstra Cable, which is 100Mbps download speed and 2Mbps >>>> upload speed. If I want to backup offsite to ensure I don’t succumb to >>>> risks such as fire, my current backup will take roughly 500 times as long >>>> to backup to the cloud, and I currently have one of the fastest connections >>>> you can get outside of the NBN. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Will I go and fork out a few grand to backup for the extra fibre to the >>>> node? The answer is no. I have better things to spend my capital on. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Yet if I had a fast enough internet upload speed, I could backup all my >>>> servers to the cloud within a practical timeframe. Economies of scale would >>>> bring down the price of storage due to the volume of people that would be >>>> backing up to the cloud. And it wouldn’t just be business, either. An >>>> average person might want to set up backups from their home computers to >>>> the cloud as well. During the backup process, virus detection could >>>> identify people who had viruses and root kits on their machines during the >>>> backup process and alert them straight away. This would significantly >>>> reduce the amount of viruses getting around as well. Just a thought bubble. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> But, oh, no, there are no good reasons to have high speed internet are >>>> there. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Secondly, the entire purpose of the NBN was to replace the degrading >>>> and antiquated copper wires. If there is an agreement that the copper wires >>>> need replacing, and the Liberals obviously believe they don’t need >>>> replacing, then the question is, what do we replace it with. The answer is, >>>> that whatever we replace it with, we may as well get a decent speed out of >>>> it at the same time. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> If the Liberals want to keep their copper, well good on them. But I >>>> don’t know why the rest of us should have to suffer from their ignorance >>>> and short sightedness. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Only around 45% of the population voted for the Liberal Coalition >>>> (meaning the Liberals, the Nationals, The Liberal National Party and the >>>> Country Liberals). The other 55% voted for other parties that either had a >>>> different opinion or no opinion on the NBN, and the difference on the two >>>> party preferred vote is less than 4%. So no, I don’t think the election was >>>> a petition at all. If 4 out of 100 people vote for a different government >>>> at the next election, we would change governments again. The way the >>>> politicians are behaving, perhaps we could get lucky. We got rid of Rudd >>>> and Gillard at the last election, perhaps we could get rid of Abbott at the >>>> next one. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Grant Maw >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 5 November 2013 2:20 PM >>>> *To:* ozDotNet >>>> *Subject:* Re: NBN Petition >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> (petition == the will of the people) == rubbish. >>>> >>>> Obviously :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5 November 2013 13:10, Grant Maw <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> "I find your version of democracy very entertaining." >>>> >>>> Well the only alternative that I can see is getting people to vote on >>>> every single issue. Is that what you are advocating? >>>> >>>> Petitions are, in general, useless, unless you have an alternative >>>> petition for people NOT in favour of the proposal, AND you can get them to >>>> participate. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Petition == the will of the people == rubbish. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> > > > -- > Meski > > http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills >
