[GLLUG] offsite backup recommendations?

[Matthew Copperwaite]

On 24 September 2017 at 15:22, Christopher Hunter via GLLUG <
gllug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> All
>
> This may sound silly, but it occurs to me that any like-minded group of
> people could provide off-site storage for each other.  For example, I have
> the back-ups for my brother's website stored on a NAS box here (I also have
> the underlying structure of the site stored on CDs), and his web server
> runs a daily chron job to do a differential update.  Similarly, he has my
> off-site storage on a machine on his network, so all my design work gets
> backed up halfway across the country.
>
> Unless the data to be backed-up was encrypted, you'll really have to trust
> the person to whom you're storing your data, but you should be able to
> trust family members and close friends!
>
> Chris
>
> On 24/09/17 11:50, tid via GLLUG wrote:
>
> I use tarsnap[1] for commercial projects, Crashplan for personal laptops
> (5 in my house including children) and AWS S3 for short-lived stuff.
>
> Crashplan home is going away so I'll probably move to Carbonite at the end
> of my contract period.
>
> S3 is pricy, but useful for current client work. Tarsnap is great for
> longterm archival, and is just rsync/ssh under the hood.
>
> regards,
>
> Tid
>
> On 24 September 2017 at 11:28, Sharon Kimble via GLLUG <
> gllug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm looking for some offsite-backup using my fibre broadband connection.
>>
>> Things I'm looking for -
>>
>> - UK based,
>>   - pay in UK sterling and not dollars,
>> - linux compatible,
>> - ability to restore easily, from 1 file to 100+,
>> - can use a web interface, as well as command-line,
>> - secure,
>> - encrypted,
>> - ability to 'block-buy', meaning I pay for 1 year and get a discount,
>> - ability to backup through cron,
>> - able to keep 3+ versions of backed up file,
>> - can have unlimited storage, then I can backup my /home as well as
>>   possibly my /music,
>>   - /home currently about 250gb,
>>   - /music is about 857.97 gb.
>>
>> I've got a synology server for general backups, but now I'm looking for
>> an offsite backup solution.
>>
>> So what do other folk use, and what would you recommend please?
>>
>> I've looked at amazon A3 - I don't understand their pricing structure,
>> crashplan for business - US based and bills in dollars,
>> safedatastorage - looks interesting, doesn't have prices quoted to get
>> an idea of them, spideroak - US based and bills in dollars,
>> backupvault - looks interesting but they don't seem to be able to cater
>> for linux, ditto backblaze, ditto carbonite, elastichosts - complicated
>> pricing, don't really understand it.
>>
>> So what do other folk use, and what would you recommend please?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sharon.
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> This may sound silly, but it occurs to me that any like-minded group of
people could provide off-site storage for each other.

I believe Syncthing (MPL) or Resilio Sync (proprietary), formally known as
BitTorrent Sync, may be the kind of thing you're suggesting.

https://alternativeto.net/software/bittorrent-sync/

https://alternativeto.net/software/syncthing/
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