G+_Peter Harpur Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Hello Fellow Know-it-Alls, I am looking for some advice regarding personal data backup. I have been procrastinating for a long time in implementing a complete solution. After watching Episode #105 of #TwitKH , the discussion about Amazon Glacier peaked my interest. I have always found most online pay services to be too expensive (carbonite, dropbox etc). At first glance, Glacier seemed to be a very attractive solution. However, after taking a closer look at the pricing, particularly the scenario in which I need a complete download of my data, it gets pricey fast (I used this pricing calculator http://blender.ca/aws-glacier-calculator/). I know Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ mentioned that they get you on the download. Here is my situation: -165 GB of photos to backup -currently being backed-up locally to a second hard drive I am currently exploring other off-site solutions, such as: -Blue-Ray writable discs kept at a relative's house -Mirrored NAS drive, kept at a relative's house I'd like to hear your thoughts and suggestions on low-cost, off-site solutions. Cheers, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nick Gailfus Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 If you have a local backup the only way you would need to download your data from Glacier is if your local backup was also toast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nick Gailfus Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Also if you have a buddy you that wants to be your off site backup you can use the free version of Crashplan and backup to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Travis Hershberger Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I'm using Crashplan at work and for personal stuff (mostly other family member backing up to my storage... need more geeks in the family.) It's been working great and you can hook up an external drive to a friends computer. They're personal backup plan is $6 per month, really reasonable. Honestly that 165 GB isn't all that much, but it will seem like it while you wait a week or two for it to get uploaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Peter Harpur Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 Nick Gailfus Travis Hershberger Hi Nick and Travis, Thanks for the reply. I agree that I would only download from Glacier in case of complete local data loss (fire, flood, etc.). It's only upon a closer look that I realized you can choose the speed at which you retrieve your data. And "You can retrieve up to 5% of your data stored in Glacier for free each month."-http://aws.amazon.com/glacier/faqs/. I'll be sure to check-out crash-plan too. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_menard go Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Peter Harpur Instead of glacier i am thinking of google drive. They have slashed their prices since glacier. You do not have to think about price of download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Peter Harpur Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 menard go Good idea. I hadn't realized Google drive was that cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nick Gailfus Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 If you use Google Drive keep in mine if you have drive installed on your computer and you get bit by something like Cryptolocker the encrypted files will sync. The safest way to use OneDrive or Google Drive as backup would be to not install the sync app and manually upload. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_menard go Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Nick Gailfus thanks for the advise. I'll keep that in mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Peter Harpur Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 Nick Gailfus Cryptolocker is that nasty ransomware right? I hadn't thought about that. You're right, The convenience of the syncing app makes life easy but would also sync unwanted corruption/encryption. Speaking of encryption, should I be doing my own, trust-no-one, encryption on my side before uploading to the cloud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ralph Broom Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Rsync.net and replicating to a friend or family's house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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