[GLLUG] offsite backup recommendations?

[Andrew Solomon]

You might find Dropbox useful since it has a history for each file.


On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Matthew Copperwaite via GLLUG <
gllug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

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