Opinions on good cloud backup?

[Reid Cooper]

@bnrstnr said in Opinions on good cloud backup?:

Does BB have a referral program? I'm probably going to switch from CrashPlan to BB if I like it, and somebody here might as well benefit from it.

I think that they might.

[Minion Queen]

We (ntg) have a Affiliate Link if you would like to use it. af2553

[kuyaz]

@reid-cooper my synology NAS is in local network with 1 Gbps link. so it is quite fast.

[JaredBusch]

What about Linux users? BackBlaze does not offer their solution for Linux. You have to use B2 and that is not as affordable.

[kuyaz]

@scottalanmiller after trying, get to know they charge 5$ per computer license.
I thought they charge 5$ flat for 1 single account with any computer backup

still considered cheap...

[jmoore]

@kuyaz said in Opinions on good cloud backup?:

@scottalanmiller How does they make money on such cheap pricing?
50$ / year and unlimited.

If everyone upload 10TB of data wont they loss money?

and T&C applies???

I only uploaded a couple Tb for example

[larsen161]

@kuyaz said in Opinions on good cloud backup?:

@scottalanmiller How does they make money on such cheap pricing?
50$ / year and unlimited.

If everyone upload 10TB of data wont they loss money?

and T&C applies???

~62TB

[scottalanmiller]

@jaredbusch said in Opinions on good cloud backup?:

What about Linux users? BackBlaze does not offer their solution for Linux. You have to use B2 and that is not as affordable.

B2 isn't bad, though.

[JaredBusch]

@scottalanmiller said in Opinions on good cloud backup?:

@jaredbusch said in Opinions on good cloud backup?:

What about Linux users? BackBlaze does not offer their solution for Linux. You have to use B2 and that is not as affordable.

B2 isn't bad, though.

It is double the cost.

This is their own calculator. (https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pricing.html)

[JaredBusch]

I can get around it by backing up my Fedora Desktop to a NAS or USB and then running a Windows 10 VM on my desktop (I do already) and having BackBlaze there backup the USB or NAS.

But that is hacky.

[dafyre]

@jaredbusch Not only that, but if you need your data back, you have to pay for that too.

[JaredBusch]

@dafyre said in Opinions on good cloud backup?:

@jaredbusch Not only that, but if you need your data back, you have to pay for that too.

As I have never needed to use it, I am not even worried about that cost.

If it came to getting it back, I would be recovering from a total site loss and the expense is worth it.

[BRRABill]

One thing to look at, too, is deleted file retention policies for these services.

If that matters to you.

I think BB is 30 days. CP is forever.

That's not saying either is better, just something to consider.

[kuyaz]

@larsen161 this is what im talking about hahahhaa.... you must have lots of interesting video collection there if you know what i mean

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[black3dynamite]

What about SpiderOak?
https://spideroak.com/

That supports Windows, Mac and Linux.

[JaredBusch]

@black3dynamite said in Opinions on good cloud backup?:

What about SpiderOak?
https://spideroak.com/

That supports Windows, Mac and Linux.

First thing it says is "for your most important files" so fuck that. A backup is everything. not what your software thinks is important.

Way more expensive.

[Obsolesce]

@guyinpv How much data do you need to back up now? How much will it be in 5 years?

[RamblingBiped]

Assuming you would rarely, if ever, need to access the data; AWS Glacier could be an affordable alternative:

$0.004 per GB / month

https://aws.amazon.com/glacier/pricing/