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Please help me choose the right Cloud Backup Service for my
So guys, this is my situation... I have at home a Radynas 104 with 4 drives of 4TB , and I have used 80% I'm thinking on getting a new one, but thats not the question yet... Last week a drive fa...
@Stephen
I don't have access to crashplan in my country, but that's only a memory problem ?
Could crashplan be launched from a computer having full access to the NAS ? Does it do partial backup (like dropbox, one file at a time so if you don't finish it will take from where it left). In that case maybe the client could be installed in a normal computer and backup be done automatically from it when it finds the NAS.
Windows Azure provides some storage options too but won't be cheap. seen 0.028€/Go for 9To, higher capacity is available but you have to contact a representative.
Another option is a dedicated server but it's really hard to find a server loaded with more than 4Tb although I believe this can be negotiated.
but I agree with stephen, the cheapest/simplest way is to store a NAS somewhere. IMO get a NAS and backup everything then store it at a trusted friend's house, you'll be protected from disk/NAS crash but also flood, theft, power surge... The only problem will be slow internet connection. I believe dedicating a computer to do NAS most of the time (with freeNAS) will be more expensive than buying a NAS (even if you already have the computer, buying disks then looking at the electric bill...).
You also want to take sensitivity of the data into account. Carefully read the contract to see what they can do with the data.
I don't have access to crashplan in my country, but that's only a memory problem ?
Could crashplan be launched from a computer having full access to the NAS ? Does it do partial backup (like dropbox, one file at a time so if you don't finish it will take from where it left). In that case maybe the client could be installed in a normal computer and backup be done automatically from it when it finds the NAS.
Windows Azure provides some storage options too but won't be cheap. seen 0.028€/Go for 9To, higher capacity is available but you have to contact a representative.
Another option is a dedicated server but it's really hard to find a server loaded with more than 4Tb although I believe this can be negotiated.
but I agree with stephen, the cheapest/simplest way is to store a NAS somewhere. IMO get a NAS and backup everything then store it at a trusted friend's house, you'll be protected from disk/NAS crash but also flood, theft, power surge... The only problem will be slow internet connection. I believe dedicating a computer to do NAS most of the time (with freeNAS) will be more expensive than buying a NAS (even if you already have the computer, buying disks then looking at the electric bill...).
You also want to take sensitivity of the data into account. Carefully read the contract to see what they can do with the data.
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