Online storage backup

decebal_12000 · 29 Oct 2014 at 22:08

Hello!!! I am planning to buy an online plan storage but I cannot decide which one. I am putting in balance capacity vs security. I am thinking of MediaFire which is 1TB for $2.49 and Google Drive 100GB $2.00 but at the checkout is more than that. I want to know how safe is mediafire as encryption and safe for the future.

Thank you.

Grrrrr · 29 Oct 2014 at 22:39

Have you considered something specifically designed for backups like Crashplan or Backblaze?

Pr3d4t0r · 29 Oct 2014 at 23:23

burn DVD's, many DVD's.

but srs, I would say mediafire is not a safe storage even if its super cheap, and imo best option if you want something reliable, get yourself a small 2hdd nas raid for redundancy. it will cost you more upfront but then if something ever happens you have access to your hdd's and don't have to rely on someone else to host it

abbotsmike · 29 Oct 2014 at 23:47

If you have office 365, onedrive is 10TB now, soon to be unlimited.

If you don't, it's only ~£80 a year.

APM · 30 Oct 2014 at 16:09

I hear good things about these folks,

https://www.cyphertite.com/

never used it myself though.

KIA · 30 Oct 2014 at 18:08

Google Drive if you want something fast. US cloud providers tend to be slow as hell.

decebal_12000 · 31 Oct 2014 at 00:27

I do not want to put anything ilegal, I just want to backup my pictures from my mobiles on there. I want something which has a smaller probability to be attacked by hackers and also if Mediafire is involved in filesharing i suppose is a risky job despite the low price for the amount of storage they offer you. On the other hand if I want to share something from Google is a bit tricky and not as easy as Mediafire or Dropbox where you just copy the link and share it anywhere you like. Google likes to share the pictures or anything using Google+ which I am not really fond of it.

decebal_12000 · 31 Oct 2014 at 00:28

abbotsmike said:
If you have office 365, onedrive is 10TB now, soon to be unlimited.

If you don't, it's only ~£80 a year.

Is a bit pricey and dear for my pocket. :rolleyes:

KIA · 31 Oct 2014 at 10:49

decebal_12000 said:
Is a bit pricey and dear for my pocket.

The personal version can be had for £4 per month.

JonJ678 · 31 Oct 2014 at 17:58

If the encryption is on the server, it isn't secure. Either you encrypt everything locally, before it goes up the wire, or come to terms with the idea that other people can access your data.

Local encryption is bit of hassle, since you have to store passwords somewhere, share passwords between computers, arrange to have files encrypt & backup without user intervention. Security and usability are usually in direct conflict.

APM · 2 Nov 2014 at 12:18

https://tresorit.com/

if it's only small files

andy_mk3 · 2 Nov 2014 at 12:20

Anyone use Amazon Cloud? Seems reasonably cheap.

Craig321 · 2 Nov 2014 at 12:26

decebal_12000 said:
Hello!!! I am planning to buy an online plan storage but I cannot decide which one. I am putting in balance capacity vs security. I am thinking of MediaFire which is 1TB for $2.49 and Google Drive 100GB $2.00 but at the checkout is more than that. I want to know how safe is mediafire as encryption and safe for the future.

Thank you.

Do you mean storage backup as in you want something for storage and backup, or just backup? If it's just backup then CrashPlan is fantastic (and includes encryption). I pay about £3.50 per month and it's truly unlimited. I have 250GB on there and a guy at work has 700GB++ and they haven't said a thing.

andy_mk3 said:
Anyone use Amazon Cloud? Seems reasonably cheap.

I had a look when I was after a backup solution, but it ends up being quite a bit more expensive compared to something like CrashPlan. Also, don't go Glacier - while it's super cheap to store stuff, if you ever have a disaster then it's going to cost a few hundred $ to get your data back (last time I looked & if you have a few hundred GB on there). You would also need to find some decent software that supports Amazon backup.

JonJ678 said:
If the encryption is on the server, it isn't secure. Either you encrypt everything locally, before it goes up the wire, or come to terms with the idea that other people can access your data.

Local encryption is bit of hassle, since you have to store passwords somewhere, share passwords between computers, arrange to have files encrypt & backup without user intervention. Security and usability are usually in direct conflict.

CrashPlan allows you to set your own private key and does the encryption for you so no need to worry about all that.

KIA said:
The personal version can be had for £4 per month.

I'm still considering going to 365 with the up and coming unlimited OneDrive, 60 mins of Skype and Office suite and dropping CrashPlan. So I'd have all the other stuff plus backup for just an extra 50p. Only problem is finding something as good as CrashPlan but for OneDrive - so encryption, versioning, etc.

-Edit
Just had a look and it's £6 per month for 365. Is there a code or a different link to get it for £4? The US one is about £4, but clicking buy on that just takes you to UK.

KIA · 2 Nov 2014 at 16:20

Craig321 said:
Just had a look and it's £6 per month for 365. Is there a code or a different link to get it for £4? The US one is about £4, but clicking buy on that just takes you to UK.

Ama.

andy_mk3 · 2 Nov 2014 at 16:39

KIA said:
Ama.

Is that the code?

andy_mk3 · 2 Nov 2014 at 17:11

Never mind. I just bought Office 365 from the US store no issues. Used the Googleplex address

Comes out at £4.51 paying through Paypal.

Craig321 · 2 Nov 2014 at 17:26

Si. · 5 Nov 2014 at 12:58

andy_mk3 said:
Never mind. I just bought Office 365 from the US store no issues. Used the Googleplex address Comes out at £4.51 paying through Paypal.

How did you do it.. seems to keep throwing me to the UK store.

easyrider · 5 Nov 2014 at 19:49

I use crashplan can't fault it.

decebal_12000 · 5 Nov 2014 at 20:56

I took IDrive for $4.99 (£3.03) per year unlimited upload and up to 5 mobile devices. Also has encryption too. I hope is good.