Hi All, Just wondering if anyone can offer some suggestions for online backup solutions. I need about 50GB capacity.
Why online? Surely it would be more beneficial and secure if you just backed up to an external hard drive or two? As for online service providers you could look at these. HTH
A Backup for the backup basically. We do have an external drive but we notoriously forget to take it off site.... ruining the point of backups :001_tongue:. I'm hoping eventually to get it all online and get rid of the drive. cheers for the option though.
Backing up to external HDD is pointless tbh Your backing up to a hard drive that is exactly the same as the hard drive inside of your computer. In my opinion, the backup market is in such a mess! I have numerous people coming to me asking me if I can rescue data from external hard drives/USB pen drives, in some cases I can, but in the majority I can't and require specialist recovery solutions mainly because something has been physically damaged. Many people think that backing up to remote servers is unsafe because people can read your data etc; this is tosh! Servers are mounted in racks with no KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) like many people would expect, engineers carry dummy terminals (KVM) around with them when access is required making servers redundant, therefore, the only way data is accessible is through the dummy terminal, or is security permissions are set in-correctly, and also system administrators. The limitation to remote backup is that broadband links have poor upload speeds and many ISP's do/will not appreciate the demand on upload and may punish you for this. One of the market leaders for remote data backup is humyo, accessible at humyo.com - You can signup for a free account, however, the limitation to this is that you are not able to use the plugin that shows your remote backup space as another drive in "My Computer", the paid-for version includes this; for only £9.90 + VAT/month. Benefit with Humyo over competitors is that Humyo servers are stored in an ex-bullion vault; more info at: http://www.humyo.com/pages/en/unparalleled-business-security
I am using Microsoft Live Mesh. They give you 5 gig on their cloud but I don't use that. Basically, I have another computer which has exactly the same files on as my current one (downstairs). I can get up and running quick then if anything goes wrong. Only danger is if my house burns down but thats unlikely. I could add my laptop to the Mesh for added security but I think there's more chance of my laptop being stolen than my house burning down. You could backup 50 gigs to another computer off site with it. https://www.mesh.com/welcome/default.aspx
Not at all. There is no substitute for online - or some other form of offsite - backup. Fires happen. Floods happen. Burglaries happen. Devices break. Online storage companies go bust The key is not to put all your eggs in the same basket, or all your baskets in the same place. I backup to a waterproof and fireproof ioSafe external hard drive and online with Mozy, ElephantDrive seem to be pretty cheap, but I cannot comment on their QoS.
That is not what I am saying at all. You can back it up to any number or external drives (or mem card/flash drive) and place it in any location you wish... It is not a substitute, it is an option :thumbup1:
But the problem with backing up to many devices is file change/versioning problems, if incorrectly managed you can have 1 version of a file on 1 USB Memory Stick and have a more up-to-date version of the file on a USB hard drive.... Each backup solution has its pro's and con's and is best evaluated independntly on each of its merits and the type of data/quantity of data that is going to be backed up...
Ah, ok. The only problem with offsiting in that manner is that lacks convenience. The easier something is, the more likely people are to do it (regularly)
Well, if you're not DIYing it, it's not inconvenient. But if you are DIYing it by, for example, copying data to a second drive which is stored at a friend's house - well, that's clearly inconvenient!
I'd say that the back-up market is over-rated, back up to a couple of different externals in different places, then everything should be fine. Online backing up, from my experience, is glitchy, unreliable and more than a little unsafe. Just some food for thought.
Overrated? Bigger hard drive capacities means more data at risk of loss/theft/corruption. Backing up to many external hard drives is probably one of the hardest to administrate...secure:yes, easy: no. How have you managed to find offsite backup solutions glitchy and unsafe? They are one of the most safest options in that the only way your data is lost is when the world comes to an end... If your finding remote backup unsecure then your using the wrong provider...
Hi There, I would recommend IDrive for online backup. Its robust and very easy to use. The product is well priced and works very well. Thanks Simon
Carbonite online backup software is the best option for the backup of all computer data.It is the one of the best options for the getting the backup & now a days for the business important data all people use this software & it's price is very low.
However, I wouldn't consider SkyDrive as the ideal back up resource. Better to by an external hard drive for that sort of thing.