Online backup for my files

redrabbit29

redrabbit29

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I have lots of pictures and files I want to secure. I don't want to use an external HDD or disks as there's hundreds of Gb. Plus HDD can go wrong

Dropbox is good for me so far on the free version. I think it's 7.99 a month unlimited data.

But,

Carbonite was also recommended

Any suggestions?
 
Go Dropbox pro IMO..
$99 dollars (£60 ish) a year I think mine is, for 1.01Tb. Of which I've used 34 Gb :D
Auto upload option on my iPhone
Faultless service

Use this link if you do sign up :D


https://db.tt/h9tnCzTT
 
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Blackblaze is my winner. $5 a month for unlimited storage just as fast as Dropbox when I was choosing one last year.

Only downside is it doesn't have the iOS/android apps but doesn't affect me.
 
Microsoft OneDrive. Buy an Office subscription and you get 1 TB thrown in for free. I think there's a maximum file size though - 10 gb IIRC.
 
Buy two 1Tb drives for £40. Drop one off at a friends house and use the other... I assume you have an unlimited and fast internet connection if you want to upload that amount of data!

Hard drives will also be a lot safer...
 
The_Abyss said:
Microsoft OneDrive. Buy an Office subscription and you get 1 TB thrown in for free. I think there's a maximum file size though - 10 gb IIRC.
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This, by far the best value although I prefer Dropbox for reliability, I had about 10,000odd documents on my Onedrive and had quite a few hiccups with files not syncing properly.
 
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Amp34 said:
Buy two 1Tb drives for £40. Drop one off at a friends house and use the other... I assume you have an unlimited and fast internet connection if you want to upload that amount of data!

Hard drives will also be a lot safer...
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This. It's called on-site and off-site backups. Keep one attached to the router as a NAS, and the other one I keep in my rucksack which is always on my person. And yeah, 3.5" 1TB was £40 and the off-site 2.5" 1TB was £45.
 
Dropbox, Google Drive and Onedrive are not backup solutions, despite what people may be using them for.

I weighed up backblaze, carbonite and crashplan and went for crashplan, mainly as I like the interface best. Haven't had any issues with it so far, although haven't had to do a full restore either. Have around 200gb backed up. Also plan to set the agent up to backup locally to an external and then set up a reciprocating backup with one of my friends.
 
Burned_Alive said:
Dropbox, Google Drive and Onedrive are not backup solutions, despite what people may be using them for.

I weighed up backblaze, carbonite and crashplan and went for crashplan, mainly as I like the interface best. Haven't had any issues with it so far, although haven't had to do a full restore either. Have around 200gb backed up. Also plan to set the agent up to backup locally to an external and then set up a reciprocating backup with one of my friends.
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You can also configure your NAS to backup to crashplan (if you have one), although this requires use of the command line.

PC > NAS > Crashplan :)
 
Something like crashplan has an advantage over dropbox in that it keeps a permanent history, so you can restore to any moment in time. Dropbox gives you a month I think? In my experience crashplan is much slower but for the price I'm happy enough
 
Crashplan here, bought a license for 10 machines for 4 years and installed on all my family's machines. Recovered stuff from it easily and it backs up external hard drives. Dropbox on my phone though.
 
Pawnless Endgame said:
This. It's called on-site and off-site backups. Keep one attached to the router as a NAS, and the other one I keep in my rucksack which is always on my person. And yeah, 3.5" 1TB was £40 and the off-site 2.5" 1TB was £45.
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Agreed, but a friend and I bought a 2TB drive each and securely mirror the drives over the net, its much cheaper in the long run.
 
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