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Cloud backup
Hello, has anyone found a reliable and cheap cloud backup system. ( CHEAP ) being the word. I was looking at http://onlinestoragesolution.com which has ftp and rsync rsync being the preferred pr...
@quickly_now - would be interested to see how you progress with the S3 setup, and particularly what you use for the backup itself. I've looked at it and although I'm not adverse to customising my NAS, I felt that was a little too far to go and instead have been looking for something more "self-contained"
As an alternative I'm currently experimenting with CrashPlan (Doing the 1 month free trial to their 'Plus' service). It appears to work very well plus ticks some major (for me) check boxes
- Not expensive (perhaps not as cheap as S3, but <$5 per month)
- Good Canellation policy (you pay up front, but unused months will be refunded)
- Encryption - you have the option of managing your own keys
- Simple GUI - java and web based - for managing the backups
- Notification - regular emails allowing a 'set it and forget'
I'm currently playing with restore, but overall the service seems impressive and is *very* easy to install on the NAS if you have even a minimum of command line skills
Downside - being java based means it is for x86 NAS only
As an alternative I'm currently experimenting with CrashPlan (Doing the 1 month free trial to their 'Plus' service). It appears to work very well plus ticks some major (for me) check boxes
- Not expensive (perhaps not as cheap as S3, but <$5 per month)
- Good Canellation policy (you pay up front, but unused months will be refunded)
- Encryption - you have the option of managing your own keys
- Simple GUI - java and web based - for managing the backups
- Notification - regular emails allowing a 'set it and forget'
I'm currently playing with restore, but overall the service seems impressive and is *very* easy to install on the NAS if you have even a minimum of command line skills
Downside - being java based means it is for x86 NAS only
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