Remote HD backup Serivces

kriyababaji

G'Day

I don't know if I have placed this in the correct forum or not, but here is my inquiry.

I have approx. 300 GB of photos that I have backup on 3 HD's using the Apreture "Vault" system....but I also want remote off site backup. Any suggestions on who and how I should go about this. I just looked at one company that offers such a service and it would cost $200/mo for 50GB backup!!! Wow, there has to be different options out there?

Suggestions please.

Thanks Shane

scottV

jungledisk is a good one and cheap, search for it and there are a few good threads with info.

photobanks

How about Amazon's S3 storage service??

ivar

photobanks wrote:

How about Amazon's S3 storage service??

That's what JungleDisk uses

denisegoldberg

kriyababaji wrote:

G'Day

I don't know if I have placed this in the correct forum or not, but here is my inquiry.

I have approx. 300 GB of photos that I have backup on 3 HD's using the Apreture "Vault" system....but I also want remote off site backup. Any suggestions on who and how I should go about this. I just looked at one company that offers such a service and it would cost $200/mo for 50GB backup!!! Wow, there has to be different options out there?

Suggestions please.

Thanks Shane

I also use JungleDisk (http://www.jungledisk.com/) with Amazon S3 as previous posters have suggested, and I have been quite happy with it.

Here's a link to the Amazon S3 page showing their prices: http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=16427261. Their per month storage price is $.15 per GB, which is significantly less than the price you quoted above. By my calculations, 300 GB at $.15 is $45 per month.

--- Denise

rdlugosz

Mozy
I've got several hundred GB backed up with Mozy. Check out my blog post on online photo backups for more info; I've been very happy with the service.

I'm also using Jungle Disk at a few clients (non-photo related; much less data). I like it, although I think they'll be charging for it soon or are already (over and above the Amazon S3 pricing). The roadblock for me is that the storage pricing is too high for large amounts of data...

Belg

Just a thought, but have you considered a 500gb or 1.0tb "MyBook" which has a reasonable price (300-500$USD), and then taking it offsite yourself to a safe deposit box or home? Storage is getting dirt cheap, USB connected, and easy to move.... you just have to do the backup rotation yourself.

bham

I just found out about Mozy, unlimited storage for 4.95 per month. Now that is very affordable. With Amazon S3 I would be at $75 per month.

aerialphoto

Belg wrote:

Just a thought, but have you considered a 500gb or 1.0tb "MyBook" which has a reasonable price (300-500$USD), and then taking it offsite yourself to a safe deposit box or home?

I'm with Belg on this. I have two removable SATA HD sleds, one holds my normal digital files and scans, the other one has other data I use for work. On a regular basis I yank the 2nd drive out, pop in a 500gb drive and back-up everything on my normal "photo" drive. That back-up drive gets stored in a cabinet in another room. Less often I put a 3rd drive in, back it up, and store it at another location.

I haven't done it yet, but I plan to get a 1TB drive and do a 6-month back-up to be stored in a safe deposit box.

scottV

I had mozy before and it was nice but it would pretty consistently time out for a few days at a time, sometimes I couldn't back up for a couple of weeks.. not sure what was going on or if it is better now. I also thought the "unlimited" storage for $4.95 was somehow limited to under 40gb before you had to use the mozypro service, but I can't find anything like that on their site so maybe im wrong. I am spending around $5/month for S3 right now and haven't yet purchased the new version of JD so I might give mozy another try before making the final decision. One thing to note though is they don't do any archiving, if you delete a file from your drive it will be deleted from their servers after 30 days.

BradfordBenn

Mine is pretty low tech and not online, but what I do for critical stuff is an offsite for DVD/CD. I have a catalog program (WhereIsIt) that lets me know what is on each CD that is searchable without the media there.

The reason I do the DVD/CD method is that it is not magnetic media so I believe that it might survive better in case of problem. Also I don't have to worry about the drive not being supported on a "recovery" system as pretty much everything can read a DVD/CD.

This stuff can be done on the cheap also, such as asking a family member you don't live with to keep the stuff for you. It all depends on your comfort level.

Hope that helps.

denisegoldberg

f00sion wrote:

I am spending around $5/month for S3 right now and haven't yet purchased the new version of JD so I might give mozy another try before making the final decision.

I just upgraded to the production version of JungleDisk yesterday. It was $20 for a lifelong subscription, including all upgrades. So all things considered it wasn't too bad.

--- Denise

Sean Puffett

I use Carbonite (http://www.carbonite.com).

They're reasonably priced (currently showing 50 bucks per year) but if I remember correctly I paid 80 dollars for 2 years when paid up front.

Basically it's unlimited online storage of any folders on your PC. The best part is it's fully integrated into Explorer so the files are updated in the background. No need for you to schedule a backup because it's happening the whole time.