Or your house gets nicked?

you really don't want to lose that porno do you? :sunglasses:

​been with backblaze for a couple of years and to be honest I can't fault it for continuous backups.

if it's storage you need then go with this amazon deal, if it's backup then go with backblaze.

I think that's more fallout from the 2012 Linkedin hack rather than a Dropbox issue as such.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/26/dropbox_demanding_old_users_reset_their_passwords/

I use Onedrive for my cloud backup and then my QNAP NAS server pulls data from Onedrive onto it's Raided HDDs, this is then backed up onto 2 USB drives. one for weekly backups and another for a monthly backup.

I have one drive subscription but find it always times out if eg trying to drag and drop a large folder in the website (only works with chrome )

Is this any better?

I wondered when this was coming to the UK ...

The crucial question for me is do they rate limit, especially for file retrieval. I remember reading about one guy using CrashPlan who mentioned that it would take him months to restore from their cloud service - a problem for many people.

Personally I ended up ditching cloud services for my backup requirements and now use an 8TB USB 3 desktop HD, far faster than any Internet connection to backup or restore - moved offsite between backups. Cost the same as a single year's subscription to a rate limited cloud service, after the first year I actually start saving money in comparison.

EDIT:

Speeds seem interesting -

Businesses do - well mine does anyway :smiley:. RPO and RTO - businesses need data back without significant data loss and in a timely fashion. So its not just about the data being unique or irreplaceable, its about the time and effort that it would take to recover if you had to build it again from scratch. Automation can help negate some of this requirement, and snapshots can deal with the near line recovery aspects of a system, but I consider backup to be one massive safety net to help out idiots like me when I press the wrong button :smiley:

Currently using Mega 50GB free account, but have to be selective on which photos to upload so as not to go over the limit. Probably not worth me paying the 99.99 euro per year to get 500GB storage, but might consider Amazon Prime next time they are doing it for £59 so that I'll at least get the benefits of Prime and unlimited photo uploads :smiley:

I'm more amazed at the amount of people that bang on about backups as though no-one in the world has ever thought of before. Do people moan when they lose data and haven't backed up - or do they keep silent and learn for next time?

Heat added though - seems reasonable and Amazon of all people should have the tools to keep your data available and with integrity.

This service works fine with plex imo, i followed this guide https://amc.ovh/2015/08/13/infinite-media-server.html and im able to stream to 4 devices 1080p without a hiccup, all of the files are also encrypted so no unwanted snooping. I have been using the US service for around 8 months now with no issues.

That's why I keep all of my state secrets and espionage files offline. :smile:

Seriously - cloud is fine.

Unlimited photos with google photos

​Lifetime? I see a per year charge

Reviews don't look too great for this service. Personally I would prefer to go with two of the very big players and try to only backup really key stuff.

Still might be fine for a large collection of photos etc if key photos are also backuped elsewhere.

i've used these before which is free for 100GB
https://degoo.com/
you can pay a small amount for 200GB

what do you use for this? The best I've found to be able to manage keys myself is veracrypt but it's not a very user-friendly method

yes but I just got this email from them just today ...



a) No it's not a phishing scam - I've checked
b) It seems far from a "preventative measure" ... i smell a leak. and this is the inherent problem with Cloud storage providers

In theory yes, however for certain things that are extremely valuable you have to factor in how upset you would be if it was lost. For the cost of USBs etc. you could go for another incremental USB backup every few months or similar.

There's a fine line of the belts / braces approach compared to the obsessed. Documents, pictures and music are the files I care about most. I have them on my laptop, Google Photos / Google Drive, my own Server and another external HDD that I backup to every three month (or so). My films are less important so i'm not so **** about backing them up. If I lost them it would be hugely irritating but not the end of the world. I own all of the originals anyway.

However, for £55 unlimited it's a very good deal.

In theory yes, however for certain things that are extremely valuable you have to factor in how upset you would be if it was lost. For the cost of USBs etc. you could go for another incremental USB backup every few months or similar.

There's a fine line of the belts / braces approach compared to the obsessed. Documents, pictures and music are the files I care about most. I have them on my laptop, Google Photos / Google Drive, my own Server and another external HDD that I backup to every three month (or so). My films are less important so i'm not so **** about backing them up. If I lost them it would be hugely irritating but not the end of the world. I own all of the originals anyway.

However, for £55 unlimited it's a very good deal.

Worth noting Synology diskstations now have Amazon integration, so they will back up to this on the fly, perfect solution. I'm very tempted to get this! Hot!

I feel you pain, i just my mobile connection 8meg down 20meg up :neutral_face: Congested EE in London, but it does the job

For anyone looking for a little bit more you could try Dropbox Pro. It's about £80 a year but has lots more features

I just use Google photos to store my phone pics for free (up to 16mp photos are free to store... my phone camera is 12mp) and our wedding pics (high res) are on Google drive with a USB back up. Does this sound ok? X

Think about the stuff you actually want to save that's irreplaceable and it'd probably amount to less than 1gb.

We all take too many photos,videos etc. that no one will be interested in when we shuffle off this mortal coil.

​same. I pay 2 dollars a month for 100gb but always cap out when downloading movies

This kind of deal always makes me think...what kind of data are you actually backing up?

I have my own server with 3Tb of data on it, but I only back up approximately 100Mb (!) - as the vast majority of data on that server is media or other data that could be easily retrieved elsewhere (music, video etc).

The only data I back up is that that I have created, not that I have purchased or otherwise acquired. Unless you are a videographer or generate a lot of media, most people are the same surely in the case of the created/acquired split?

Just confused as to why people would back up everything that's already available to get back - businesses certainly don't do it. Am I missing something?

I've just started using Crashplan to backup locally, free of charge. So far, I really like it. I'll then backup, free, my sub 50GB to Mega. Encrypted first.

In terms of slow uploads, if you live in Derby, head to one of the Council's Connect offices and use the free WiFi in the cafe (for example Bean Cafe at Friar Gate Studios. You should get a minimum 100MB upload speed, possibly more.

SyncBack have a free version. Great software.

My advice would be to learn the difference between backup and synchronisation. Also, understand how some providers (notably Microsoft) scan your files and can lock your account if they find stuff that breaks their policy.

I've been using the US version of this for ages now - great service and zero issues.

For syncing - use a decent backup app (I use SyncBack Pro). You can use the free version, but I paid for the full for latest updates and decent sync options.

Personally - back up between two HD's locally, then that to the Cloud. I use synctoy at the PC level and SyncBack Pro at the cloud level.

Shame it doesn't sync :disappointed:

Why would you need family crash plan service. You can back up all to one family server as you can use crash plan for free if it's to a other machine or external drive. server backed up to crash plan. Difference between cloud storage and a backup service. Does Amazon drive does hold multiple copies of changed files and copies of deletes?

​I only get 1.3mbit with crash plan taken 18 days to upload 250GB.

I used to use Spideroak but then switched to Onedrive and all my photos/videos are encrypted using BoxCryptor before being uploaded.

Or your house gets nicked?

I've used https://skyhubcloud.com for 2 years. Unlimited and lifetime for £50

you really don't want to lose that porno do you? :sunglasses:

I personally use one drive and have 3tb storage free. I'm happy with what I have

I upload my photos and videos to Dropbox, Onedrive, Google photos, Mega, BT Cloud, Youtube and my own HDD and computers. All of them free of charge One falls down another several to recover.