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by: FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Jun 29, '13 11:25am  
Does anyone use an online backup service?Which one?What do you think?Do you have more than one computer using it for backups?NOTE - I have 1 computer (I know, bad for a geek huh) and use an external HD. BUT DD needs a laptop for college and wants it backed up. So I have been looking at online serves.Figured if I need one for her, might as well use for me also.; 4951
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Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 10 years ago   Jun 29, '13 3:55pm  
I don't yet trust on-line backup services for any personal data.  I think my son does and I texted him.@FoFa:  My son only uses Dropbox to store/trade pics and stuff from his phone.  Like me, he has a 1TB external hard-drive for backups. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Jun 29, '13 5:59pm  
Does anyone use an online backup service?Which one?What do you think?Do you have more than one computer using it for backups?NOTE - I have 1 computer (I know, bad for a geek huh) and use an external HD. BUT DD needs a laptop for college and wants it backed up. So I have been looking at online serves.Figured if I need one for her, might as well use for me also.;
 
@FoFa: We use Mozy -- $6/mo., no contracts. Everything is backed up in the background, so you never have to think about it. We've had 3 major computer failures over the years, and have been able to restore pretty much all data (minus programs) without a problem each time.
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EvanCarroll Active Indicator LED Icon 6
~ 10 years ago   Jun 29, '13 6:54pm  
I use Amazon s3, and Amazon Glacier but both of those solutions require a bit more know how. They're the best in the industry though. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Jun 29, '13 7:03pm  
I use Amazon s3, and Amazon Glacier but both of those solutions require a bit more know how. They're the best in the industry though.
 
@EvanCarroll: We use S3 for other things...but do you have to manually back everything up? I'd rather pay the $6/mo. to make sure everything is backed up in (near) real time, and I don't have to think about it.
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~ 10 years ago   Jun 29, '13 7:48pm  
1 Tb external drive and iCloud  4951
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EvanCarroll Active Indicator LED Icon 6
~ 10 years ago   Jun 29, '13 9:55pm  
We use S3 for other things...but do you have to manually back everything up? I'd rather pay the $6/mo. to make sure everything is backed up in (near) real time, and I don't have to think about it.
 
@KingwoodDotCom: Manually? No. I script it. I can make it run as near-real time as I'd like. S3 allows you to store meta-data on the object if MD5/timestamps are not good enough. But, I'm typically backing up more mission critical applications than Grandma's mp3 collection.
Most of my mission-critical applications and services run on Amazon, though I think at this point S3 is overly expensive. 4951
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