Online back up & software

*miaomiao*

Hello nice people,

I would like to back up some important written work and images using an online back up service. Can anyone please recommend something that might:

1. Be large enough to store up to 100 GB (I'm currently at 42GB and expect this to increase in the next 7 months)
2. Automatically back itself up regularly
3. Uses version control
4. Is from a reputable firm that has been around for awhile
5. Is encrypted

I realise I might need some software to do this but thought I'd see if anywhere does this sort of thing rolled in together.

Thank you kindly!:A

paddyrg

sugarsync.com
spideroak.com

Bonus - both of these systems will sync your data to multiple other machines as well. Sugarsync is the easier to use of the two.

debitcardmayhem

How good is your broadband link, 42gb could take a couple of weeks to upload.

John_Gray

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

How good is your broadband link, 42GB could take a couple of weeks to upload.

And a couple of days to download, if you need to do this!

Let's hope your ISP doesn't put a cap on the amount of data transferred per month, or impose a charge per additional GB transferred...

originalmiscellany

Personally I like dropbox, but it's all horses for courses isn't it...
I've got the "max" space- something like 134 gig and it suits me down to the ground.
The initial upload took ages, like almost a week on my old router, hopefully it won't be a problem for you.

*miaomiao*

Thanks so much for the replies!!

Good point about checking with my broadband provider about a data cap. I'm not worried about the initial upload time, more that I will have another place that my work is saved and that this one is outside the house in case of burglary, fire, failure, etc. I'd love to not have to do it, but can't imagine the panic if my material was lost - it's 6 years worth of research. And I definitely need something that backs up automatically as I know from habit I won't remember to.

I'm checking out the reviews of your recommendations, plus Carbonite and BackBlaze too!

Ta!

System

if you find a reasonably priced one can you post back on here? I too would like to use a system like that for my files, but couldn't find anything that was decent value
(although have managed to do a very manual back up with my netgear nas and my parents computer!)

paddyrg

the_r_sole wrote: »

if you find a reasonably priced one can you post back on here? I too would like to use a system like that for my files, but couldn't find anything that was decent value
(although have managed to do a very manual back up with my netgear nas and my parents computer!)

sugarsync do 5GB free, so it depends how much you need. Remember it will sync across multiple machines and keep 5 versions history, so you can have your lappy and desktop in sync (with access from your mobile too, and shared folders etc) - but you can sync multiple devices with it, I use it to sync 2 laptops (1 mac, 1 PC) and 2 desktops (again one of each) plus one linux box (under WINE).

System

yeah, i'm needing a lot more space than that, the first back up will be somewhere around 300 gb! it was easy to do with my folks, just copied the files via usb then posted the hd to them! think my isp might love me if i have to do the whole lot - once it's there a weekly backup won't be massive

paddyrg

Wow! Think long and hard - does all that 300GB really need to be backed up? Is it 250GB of movies you also have on DVD, for instance? Frankly for that much storage, how about using a pogoplug and a USB hard drive, so you still have network access, but you can plumb it into a remote router somewhere!

robt_2

I have over 300gb backed up with CrashPlan+ for $5/month.

http://www.crashplan.com/