Hi!Just saw the ReadyNAS Vault announcement : great news! Something I definitely need to really secure my data as my PC backups are, indeed, copied on my ReadyNAS Duo but still in the same location : at Home. :? And Nice implementation from within Frontview...BUT, one comment : your offer is significantly overpriced!I can read here : http://www.netgear.com/readynasvaultBasic package per system: $5.95/month up to 5 GB, $.50/GB beyond Business package per system: $19.95/month up to 20 GB, $.50/GB beyond Packages are way too small : I have my Music library toping 40GB, Pictures reaching 27GB, etc... Just considering these volumes, cost will be up to $43,45 per month with the Business package! We are considering NAS online backup.I guess you know LaCie One Year Online Backup offer is $99.95 per year, unlimited volume (Carbonite Online Backup service)...Hope you'll re-evaluate your prices, considering competition...

I agree. I saw the note today -- but when I saw how small "home" was (for $6/mo - or $72/year), I was shocked.$72/year for 5GB of backup? That is about 1 DVD ($0.19). Add postage to mail my backup anywhere (in US) and we have a grand total of $0.61 to back up almost 5GB.Repeat for 12 months (1 backup per month!) and we're still talking about $7 / yearFor one year, $72, I could almost buy a 1TB hard drive, mail it to my parents, and incrementally back up to them over the internet -- and have a lot more than 5GB.

Mozy.com, 5 bucks a month for unlimited. I used the free service (2 gig limit), seems to work alright.

To be fair, we should compare similar services...ReadyNAS Vault is not to be compared against a service which doesn't allow direct Online backup from the NAS (this is an important enabler).Nor it should evaluated against sending an Hard Disk, every month, to your Parents... :) This is why I keep asking why such service is so overpriced versus competition (LaCie offer) and regarding expected data volume usage (we are backing up a NAS here! As Netgear Marketing says, this is a vault and contains "Gigs" of "precious" data).Edited: Typo and clarity]

Just saw this too and thought I'd have a look at what this would mean practically for me. I have 1 very full NAS, but in terms of real data that is invaluable to me and that I would hate to lose, let's say the 500GB of photos, music, and video that would be impossible or extremely difficult to replace.To use this service (instead of or as well as external USB drives) would cost me $250 per month or $3K per year? (How many Duo's would that buy?)BTW: It would take 5 months to upload unless I pay extra for the professional service? (but what's an extra $180 [12months * $15] when paying $3K for storage) And mean having to screw around with my video files to overcome the 5GB per file limitation.Doesn't matter how easy to use this service will be - this pricing is prohibitive

I have to agree, this is way too expensive. Carbonite is much cheaper with unlimited storage. Netgear needs to revise its pricing plan before I sign up.

ReadyNAS Vault : great but overpriced!

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 23, 2012
sphardy wrote:
If you are US based then CP offers a seeding option - they'll ship a disk that you can backup to and send back to CP to act as the initial backup
Yes, but it is limited to a terabyte jumpstart, which doesn't seem to be that useful (and seems pretty pricey).
sphardy1
Apprentice
Feb 23, 2012
StephenB wrote:
Yes, but it is limited to a terabyte jumpstart, which doesn't seem to be that useful (and seems pretty pricey).

For the average home user I think the deal is very reasonable.

While I have multiple Terabytes of data, the absolutely critical-cannot-afford-to-lose data aggregates to less than 1 TB. The cost of seeding CP is not much more than the price of a 1TB disk but is more secure - equivalent to the cost of storing a USB drive offsite but without the hassle + all the CP benefits. And I do consider it primarily an additional backup option for the worst case scenario.

I wish they offered this to non-US customers (when enquiring via their customer support I got fobbed off with the standard "We would like to but no schedule for it yet")

sphardy wrote:
If you are US based then CP offers a seeding option - they'll ship a disk that you can backup to and send back to CP to act as the initial backup

StephenB wrote:
Yes, but it is limited to a terabyte jumpstart, which doesn't seem to be that useful (and seems pretty pricey).

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Feb 23, 2012

sphardy wrote:
StephenB wrote:
Yes, but it is limited to a terabyte jumpstart, which doesn't seem to be that useful (and seems pretty pricey).

For the average home user I think the deal is very reasonable.

While I have multiple Terabytes of data, the absolutely critical-cannot-afford-to-lose data aggregates to less than 1 TB. The cost of seeding CP is not much more than the price of a 1TB disk but is more secure - equivalent to the cost of storing a USB drive offsite but without the hassle + all the CP benefits. And I do consider it primarily an additional backup option for the worst case scenario.

I wish they offered this to non-US customers (when enquiring via their customer support I got fobbed off with the standard "We would like to but no schedule for it yet")

Well for $125 they send you a disk (ground shipping), which you then load up and return to them (also ground shipping), so it takes at least 8-10 business days to get your first terabyte on their servers. That doesn't seem like a good deal to me, as I can upload that much data (or more) in the same amount of time.

If I had a slow uplink (as many home users do), it might be the only practical way to get started. But as it stands, it seems like a waste of money in my case.

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