Reliable, Affordable Online Backup Providers? 38
rcn asks: "I am looking at online backup solutions for a variety of small and medium sized
businesses. I read the most
recent Slashdot discussion on online backup but there wasn't much talk about
specific providers. The DIY methods of online backup (i.e. backup to a server
in another office) aren't really practical in these cases. Security is more important
than cost. They want their data secure under a mountain or 3000 miles away. I
am overwhelmed by the variety
of choices but am looking at Iron Mountain,
LiveVault, and SwapDrive.
Does anyone have experience with these providers, or others like them? What do pricing structures look like in the 30 to 100 gig range? How easy do they make it to manage backups? Can you backup from more than one machine to the same account?"
I can offer help (Score:3, Funny)
Pentagon TIA (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Pentagon TIA (Score:2)
Damn mods... parent is Funny, not Insightful! (Score:2)
Livevault == Ironmountain ? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re: (Score:3, Interesting)
Options: (Score:1)
*Buy another HardDrive and occasionally sync the two with Norton Ghost or something similar.
*Buy a Zip Drive and and a few 750mb Zip Disks, and split the file(s) to fit the Disks.
*Do the Same as above, but with a tape drive.
*Maybe set up something with a Friend, you each give each other FTP access to a folder on your server, and you can upload to each other's computers.
If you really want to use an online backup provider, try XDrive [xdrive.com].
Re:Options: (Score:2)
Re:Options: (Score:1)
AndrewM
Re:Options: (Score:2)
Re:Options: (Score:2)
Your examples are the duct tape examples of someone that wants to (should) get fired from their job. The poster is obviously not going to cheap out and use a friend's hard drive.
Re:Options: (Score:2)
And then... where are you going to keep this hard drive... in the same machine you're backing up? Sounds like a great idea.
Until the building burns down, and you're backup went with the original data.
Ok - you can go round the remote sites, and swap disks for a few ho
Low tech, I know, but... (Score:4, Insightful)
I know, it's not online, but if you're more concerned about security than anything else, you might want to consider it.
Low tech and secure...not very reliable (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:Low tech and secure...not very reliable (Score:2)
might be easier to... (Score:2)
Having your backups on your own machines ensures data integrity and physical security. If y
Not familiar with their pricing, but... (Score:1, Informative)
http://www.iprintl.com/
Disclaimer: they have a cage at a secure colo where I work. I do know they're a pioneer in over-the-net backups and that they've been doing this for several years. Posting anon for NDA purposes.
Re: Troubling post (Score:1, Offtopic)
Seriously though, that post will get moderated down when people feel like wasting their mod points on ask
eVault Has a nice solution (Score:2, Informative)
Rsync is your friend (Score:2)
Also, I have a server colocated a couple of hours down the road, and the data from the server at home is rsynced to the colo'd server every night.
The server at home also does an rsync of any important data from the colo'd box back to home every night.
For large amounts of mostly static data, I use a DDS-3 drive on the server at home.
When talking to the colo se
So... (Score:2)
Distributed Internet Backup System (Score:1)
e-Backups (Score:1)
Tranxactglobal Just Announced A New Plan... (Score:4, Informative)
50 cents per gig of storage per month flat fee
no transfer fees
I found about it at webhostingtalk's forums [webhostingtalk.com]
Tranxactglobal have a pretty good name in the server business.
Re:Tranxactglobal Just Announced A New Plan... (Score:2)
Backup software that works over TCP/IP (Score:1)
Enveloc (Score:1)
Not sure on their pricing but (Score:2)
Connected backup (Score:1)
OTOH, the situation is exacer
UltraBac can do backups over FTP (Score:1)