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[d m n]

I'm thinking of forking out for Crashplan or something similar.
Any recommendations? Pros, cons of the various options?

My main concern is that I don't want to install something that's going to interfere with my day to day use of the computer i.e. that it doesn't hog cpu to back stuff up when I'm in the middle of something important.

Any advice appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
d.

 

[pete]

crashplan - do it

 

[pete]

you can schedule the backups for whenever you want. never caused me any problems.

 

[d m n]

Ha ha!
Fair enough.
Thanks,
d.

 

[pete]

2.6TB backed up for $5 a month. can't say fairer than that.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I got rid of my crashplan account recently, and everything in it. good riddance to all of it.

 

[d m n]

Why did you get rid of it?

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

It is was cluttering my mind. Do I need to keep this shit? Maybe... i can't even remember whats in it...

It's good value if you need it I guess. It's not as easy as dropbox to manage - stuff is not quiet as easily accessible

 

[d m n]

Okay,
So it was more 'existential crisis' than technical nightmare?
I definitely need to back stuff up.

 

[pete]

what i like is how i can just point it at a load of directories and forget about it.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Welcome to Amazon Drive

Unlimited storage for $60 a year. I signed up for their free 3-month trial, seems way more user friendly than crashplan. the mobile app seems ok too.

 

[d m n]

Hmmm. I'm always inclined to steer away from the massive companies that are trying to do everything and own the world. My logic is that a company doing a single task is more likely to develop and retain expertise in relation to that task. Amazon's 'Drive' department will have to deal with a whole load of corporate interdepartmental aggro in relation to resources and power structures, in addition to doing their job.

Crashplan works fine. I wish they'd offer the option to backup phone data, but otherwise it seems to do the job pretty seamlessly.

Thanks again for the recommendation.

d.

 

[pete]

if it's an iPhone you could just point crashplan at your itunes backup directory?

 

[pavlos]

Any suggestions for an alternative, @pete?

Crashplan drops its cloud backup service for home users

 

[pete]

Any suggestions for an alternative, @pete?

Crashplan drops its cloud backup service for home users

i just switched to the business account. $2.50 a month until november 2018, so actually saving me... $2.50 a month.

 

[pete]

i just switched to the business account. $2.50 a month until november 2018, so actually saving me... $2.50 a month.

of course it goes up to $10 a month then... but i'll worry about that in 2018

 

[pavlos]

of course it goes up to $10 a month then... but i'll worry about that in 2018

Informative. I think my subscription comes around in January. I see they are touting some other crowd called Carbonite as a replacement... must do some research!

 

[pete]

Informative. I think my subscription comes around in January. I see they are touting some other crowd called Carbonite as a replacement... must do some research!

carbonite is too expensive for the amount of storage they offer

 

[pavlos]

Craving unlimited cloud storage? That all-you-can-eat buffet is shutting down | ZDNet

"Carbonite's base plan is notable because it does not back up video files. It does offer three tiers of unlimited backup plans. The ones that back up video are priced at a premium."

Hmmm, think I'm going to have to go for the Crashplan business plan as well.

 

[pete]

Craving unlimited cloud storage? That all-you-can-eat buffet is shutting down | ZDNet

"Carbonite's base plan is notable because it does not back up video files. It does offer three tiers of unlimited backup plans. The ones that back up video are priced at a premium."

Hmmm, think I'm going to have to go for the Crashplan business plan as well.

Don't forget you can backup videos for free to google photos' free tier, if you don't mind them transcoding the files - i've a load of 1080p video camera & phone footage up there and the quality is fine, but i've not tried anything higher resolution like 1440p PC footage or any 4k stuff.