Re: Home Server Storage

["Ben Geach" <BenUKHA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I second Carbonite.com after Rob recommended to me about 6 months or
so ago.... at =A325 per yr with unlimited storage it can't be beaten on
price. It's an install and forget sort of program which is very useful.

It's only limitation is one subscription per PC and won't back up
network drives only local drives.....even if you have mapped a drive
letter to the network paths. (unless someone has found a way around
this?).

Ben

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Rob Iles" <rob.iles@...> wrote:
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> I've been using the services of a company called Carbonite
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> www.carbonite.com  for 18 months or so. =A325/year for unlimited
backup!
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> you select files or folders on your PC, and the little app that runs
in the
> background automatically backs your stuff up to their servers when
your
> internet connection is quiet, so's not to impact on general
performance.
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> the initial backup can take some time - bus subsequent changes are
backed up
> as "diffs" so take next to no time at all.
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> I've spoken to their tech guys, and all data is encrypted before
upload, and
> mirrored to multiple servers in separate data centres for redundancy.
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> They offer a 14 day free trial for you to give it a go.
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> The limiting factor is of course your bandwidth - but this would be
true of
> any off-site online storage.
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> if you decide to sign up, please use this link
http://tinyurl.com/25cwsu -
> it's a "refer a friend link" - you'll get an extra free
month, and
I'll get
> an extra 3 - - winner!! :-D
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> (no affiliation, just a happy customer etc)
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> Cheers,
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> Rob
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> On 15/12/2007, Mal Lansell <mal@...> wrote:
> >
> >   I've been thinking of using some of my website space for
backups -
> > obviously I'd need to make it inaccesable to the world at large,
but it
> > seems a reasonable place to store important data such as photos.
The
> > backup would be easy to automate - just ftp any changed files up
every
> > night.
> >
> > I don't think I'd be too confident with the reciprocal
arrangements with
> > another home user - not because of security but because of
reliability.
> > At least the professional servers will be backed up and available
24/7.
> >
> > pjqx wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone looked into offsite web based backup as an
alternative to
> > > ever more hard drives? I have been rethinking my storage
needs and
> > > doing the backup to a TranquilPC T7 or HP EX470 or possibly
a
homebrew
> > > WHS box. The more I think it through I come to the
conclusion
that the
> > > safest place to have backup data is "out there" -
No noise, no
space no
> > > issues. There seem to be a number of suppliers offering 50Gb
for
> > > =A35/month which seems reasonable to me - anyone had any
experience o=
f
> > > what to look for/avoid?
> > >
> > > The only other thing I can think of is a reciprocal
arrangement
where
> > > YOU have some space in MY server and I have space in YOURS -
Does
> > > anyone currently do this? You would need to encrypt the
offsite data
> > > and backup would need to be automatic, but it shouldn't be
too
> > > difficult to achieve with a bit of thought - May be a
potential WHS
> > > application.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Tim.
> > >
> > >
> >
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