File synchronization software.

If you're running a proper server OS, then most of the cloud backup services will require more £ to back up the server.
 
wildest_jjk said:
Does anybody know if crashplan backups to the cloud will allow access to individual files?

Thanks :)
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If you read the documentation it should be pretty obvious... you can restore individual files to their original location or another of your choice, but you can't access them directly in situ, as they're just stored as encrypted blocks of data.

You haven't really been very clear about exactly what you want to do, or at least your stated needs seem to keep changing - backing up and data syncing can overlap in practice, but they're different concepts. You've normally no need to access a backup directly, whether it's stored online or locally - it's simply there in the event that your primary data is lost, and is left alone until that situation arises. "Syncing" in the sense that it's commonly used, which may or may not involve "cloud storage", usually involves primary data which needs to be stored and worked on directly at more than one location with unrestricted accessibility, with the latest changes fed through to the other machines/locations as and when they occur. Crashplan or Backblaze would be useless for this, as they're designed purely as a *backup* solution, unlike Dropbox, Live Mesh, SugarSync and the others.

wildest_jjk said:
Another thing I could do is have a home server and sync my files to it? And then back that up to the cloud.

What do people think?

Thanks.
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Yes, that would work, it just depends on how much redundancy you think you'll need and how much you're willing to pay.
 
Thanks for both of your responses. Put simply I need to backup my laptop and desktop. But I want this to be done automatically and I want it to be redundant. So I am thinking of using a cloud based backup system, however all the ones I have seen only permit one device.

In order to have just one device I was going to use file synchornization to make sure that all of my laptop files are on my desktop. This way my laptop gets backed up as well.

Cheers
 
So from how it stands I think its going to be freefilesync/robocopy to send my laptop files to my desktop and keep them up to date. Then either crashplan or backblaze to back everything up.

Thanks.
 
fyi, you can access your files once backed up with crashplan. the website allows you to download a single file which has been backed up. You can also use their iphone/ipad app to view a file too.
 
doggs said:
I use FreeFileSync.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/
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Thanks for this. I had a quick play with it last night to see whether it would perform the task I want. Basically by mirroring the media drive within my desktop to an external 2.5" USB3 drive to take with me when travelling.

The media drive within my desktop is modified frequently with additions and deletions, and I'm hoping this software can keep track of those whilst keeping the core files.
 
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