G+_Adam EL-Idrissi Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 What is a good online backup service/company? I have linux, windows and mac boxes I'm looking to back up. I like back blaze but they don't offer anything for linux. Crash plan offers a version for Linux but for some reason it won't work on my Ubuntu box. Needs to support all 3,unlimited bandwidth and around $5/month or $60/year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Paul Miller Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I've always used Crashplan because of its cross platform support. And I've always been able to get it working on Ubuntu but they do need to work on their installers. Sometimes it takes a lot of googling and terminal use to get it to "just work". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Adam EL-Idrissi Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 That might be my issue,not enough googling on getting the installer to work right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I haven't tried it on Linux yet, but I'm a promoter of CrashPlan too. I've been very happy with their service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Timothy Hamlett Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Personally, I use a local server and sync/chron jobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Will O'Meara Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 On linux I have Duplicity set up to back up to Amazon S3 every 2 weeks and I have S3 set up to archive the last upload to Glacier when a new one comes in. Then I have Glacier set up to delete those backups every 5 months. I'm sure you could set up something exactly the same maybe with a different client on the other two OSes, but it would take some time, but it costs very little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Tyger Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Adam EL-Idrissi I use Crashplan on Linux all the time with little issue. The setup had a few cravats. Once I got it running it was great and cheap. What error are you getting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Stede Bonnett Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 The shows answer to this question was off the mark. If you are backing up, use a backup system (not a syncing system). Crashplan is the way to go for cross platform support and it's very easy to install on Ubuntu if you are using a GUI. If you are running a headless Linux server it is harder, but there are full instructions on the Crashplan site for controlling it from another computer through an SSH tunnel (I have done this and it works, but it's a pain if you need to change it often). More easily you can install a VNC server in lieu of a full GUI desktop (this currently does not work correctly on 14.04+). I can point anyone trying to do this in the right direction, I have dozens of machines running Crashplan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Tyger Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I do the same with SSH tunnels as Stede Bonnett?. If you make a handy wrapper script, it makes the bringing up the GUI console a breeze. I support 8 machines in my home network. I support both Windows and Linux machines. 2 Windows, 3 Linux, and 3 Linux VMs (headless). Crashplan is invaluable because of its cross-platform support and the cost. I haven't seen any cloud backup provider that gives you unlimited cloud backup on up 10 machines for $14/month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mark Urbanski Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I had a problem with Crashplan on Ubuntu too. I found a post on Crashplan's website that took care of it. Try http://support.code42.com/CrashPlan/Latest/Troubleshooting/CrashPlan_App_Closes_In_Some_Linux_Installations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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