Family Backup Solution
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Looking for a tool to backup all the computers I support outside of my normal 9 to 5.
This includes my Parents and Grandparents.
It's a mix of Windows\Mac\Linux. Ideally I would like to backup to B2, however I am opening to other options.
I recently put Backblaze Personal Backup on my girlfriends PC, which works great, but it's $4.99/month to backup less then 10GB.
Would like encryption, dedupe and compression to save on storage bills.
It would be nice to have centralized management but not a hard requirement.
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I was on CrashPlan, that was nice....
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I use Backblaze Personal on 2 machines (I have significantly more than 10GB of data) and I pay the $50/year up front. $100 for constant on the fly backup is worth it and no size restrictions.
I am sure there are other options out there but that's my 2 cents.
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@wls-itguy said in Family Backup Solution:
I am sure there are other options out there but that's my 2 cents.
I thought about that, but I have many computers with small (but important) data on them so paying $4.99 each don't make much since...
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@aaronstuder said in Family Backup Solution:
@wls-itguy said in Family Backup Solution:
I am sure there are other options out there but that's my 2 cents.
I thought about that, but I have many computers with small (but important) data on them so paying $4.99 each don't make much since...
Have them all Sync to a nicely sized NextCloud server, and then use B2 and what-not to back up the data.
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NC and BackupPC would likely be a good solution.
Both available for free outside of your hosting cost for NC (assuming on Vultr).
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@dustinb3403 said in Family Backup Solution:
Both available for free outside of your hosting cost for NC (assuming on Vultr).
If the storage instances ever come back....
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For consumer level backup, use consumer level tools. If your family just needs backup of their documents and pictures why not just use any one of the innumerably free consumer products, Google Drive, OneDrive, DropBox, etc.?
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@kelly said in Family Backup Solution:
For consumer level backup, use consumer level tools. If your family just needs backup of their documents and pictures why not just use any one of the innumerably free consumer products, Google Drive, OneDrive, DropBox, etc.?
Limited central management functionality.
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@aaronstuder said in Family Backup Solution:
@dustinb3403 said in Family Backup Solution:
Both available for free outside of your hosting cost for NC (assuming on Vultr).
If the storage instances ever come back....
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@dustinb3403 Good Point
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@dustinb3403 said in Family Backup Solution:
@kelly said in Family Backup Solution:
For consumer level backup, use consumer level tools. If your family just needs backup of their documents and pictures why not just use any one of the innumerably free consumer products, Google Drive, OneDrive, DropBox, etc.?
Limited central management functionality.
I guess some of us are more gluttons for punishment than others...
I don't support family computers more than the quick fixes I do when I'm there or in emergencies.
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@kelly said in Family Backup Solution:
@dustinb3403 said in Family Backup Solution:
@kelly said in Family Backup Solution:
For consumer level backup, use consumer level tools. If your family just needs backup of their documents and pictures why not just use any one of the innumerably free consumer products, Google Drive, OneDrive, DropBox, etc.?
Limited central management functionality.
I guess some of us are more gluttons for punishment than others...
I don't support family computers more than the quick fixes I do when I'm there or in emergencies.
Eh... I suppose. I think it would be easier to restore a family members files from anywhere, whenever than having to be on site..
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@dustinb3403 said in Family Backup Solution:
@kelly said in Family Backup Solution:
@dustinb3403 said in Family Backup Solution:
@kelly said in Family Backup Solution:
For consumer level backup, use consumer level tools. If your family just needs backup of their documents and pictures why not just use any one of the innumerably free consumer products, Google Drive, OneDrive, DropBox, etc.?
Limited central management functionality.
I guess some of us are more gluttons for punishment than others...
I don't support family computers more than the quick fixes I do when I'm there or in emergencies.
Eh... I suppose. I think it would be easier to restore a family members files from anywhere, whenever than having to be on site..
Yeah, I don't offer that service to family members. It is all best effort support for me.
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My mother's computer just died recently and it had been a backblaze computer for several years. Download the client and login and she has access to all of her pictures.
