Online backup for servers
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I'm looking for a good option for online backup for servers. Most of them are Microsoft Server Essentials running on ESXi 5.5 free. So far I have used:
iBackup - $120 /year, 500GB
Carbonite - $900 /year, 500GB
Cloudberry + Amazon Glacier - $100 for CloudBerry Software, $0.007 per GB ($42 /year for 500GB + the initial $100)I'm considering CloudBerry's service provider option. http://www.cloudberrylab.com/pricing-computer-data-backup-services.aspx
I know it can cost more to get data out of Glacier, but this is the backup in the event that the server and the local onsite backup fails, so I think it's pretty unlikely that it will be used, and if it does come to that point, the incremental cost of pulling data out of Glacier will be nothing compared to building a new server and backup.
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From what I understand, the time factor is more important than the cost, regarding Amazon Glacier, which is pretty deep storage. How quickly you need to recover could put that out of the running, depending on what your RTO window is.
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In most of these smaller shops RTO is primarily being met by the onsite disk to disk backup. If they are concerned about the speed of recovery from Amazon, we could go to Amazon S3, which would then cost ~ $75 year, IF they actually use 500GB. I guess that's the other difference between the plans. The others are flat fee up to 500GB, and the Amazon route is pay for only what you use.
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Check out Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage.html
$0.005/GB a month - first 10 GB are free.
Cloudberry should be adding support soon
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regarding BackBlaze, without going in to beta stuff, for servers it's $50 year for unlimited data? At the bottom of the Business page, it says:
Compatible with Windows XP 32-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit, Windows 8.What about Server OSs? Also does it allow file versions? If it only keeps one version and you get hit with CryptoLocker, game over.
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@Mike-Davis Recent thread on the subject: http://mangolassi.it/topic/7210/backblaze-business-options-available
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@Mike-Davis Your confusing two different services both offered by Backblaze.
Backblaze Business is a backup service like CrashPlan Business. $50 year for unlimited data, but it's designed for workstations not servers. This service is NOT in beta.
The service I was discussing was their B2 Cloud Storage service which is like Amazon S3. It just raw storage, you need something like the Cloudberry software to do the backup, and B2 would storage the data.
Does this make since?
P.S. I didn't realize B2 Cloud Storage was still in beta, would be better to hold off using it in production for now.
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@anonymous said:
@Mike-Davis Your confusing two different services both offered by Backblaze.
Backblaze Business is a backup service like CrashPlan Business. $50 year for unlimited data, but it's designed for workstations not servers. This service is NOT in beta.
The service I was discussing was their B2 Cloud Storage service which is like Amazon S3. It just raw storage, you need something like the Cloudberry software to do the backup, and B2 would storage the data.
Does this make since?
P.S. I didn't realize B2 Cloud Storage was still in beta, would be better to hold off using it in production for now.
I thought in the other thread they had said it was out of Beta now.
