Anyone here use an online storage service?

AsSiMiLaTeD
AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
edited April 2011 in The Clubhouse
So I have about 200GB of data that I need to back up, and am thinking about an online storage company in addition to the backup drive I have here at the house.

I don't need to be able to access the data regularly, just add to it from time to time.

Has anyone tried any of those services like Mozy or ADrive? Anyone have any recommendations?
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  • Topper
    Topper Posts: 403
    edited April 2011
    not sure bout the others but i absolutely love dropbox and couldnt live without it :). But it aint cheap tho
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited April 2011
    and it looks like the max storage size is 100GB
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited April 2011
    I don't trust anybody with MY data. Not that they'll loose it as much
    as it might become somebody else's data.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited April 2011
    I use CrashPlan+. Not really sure it's the best out there, but it's $50/year for unlimited online backup for one computer. You download the program on your computer and it will let you backup your data to an external HD, a friend's computer (via internet connection), or to their servers. (The first two options are available for free with their program, the latter only for paid customers.) It'll constantly monitor the files you have it set to watch, back up any changes, and keep several versions.

    I have mine set to monitor and back up about 790GB of data. Maybe not the best option, but it seems like it's secure and redundant enough, and at a comparatively reasonable price when you start looking at backing up that large a chunk of data.

    You can look here at their different plans and their features here:
    http://www.crashplan.com/consumer/compare.html
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited April 2011
    I use Carbonite. It works seamlessly in the background and has saved my **** once already. The storage space is unlimited and I love the ability to access my stuff from any computer when I'm not at home. I think it is $50 a year, but is discounted if you buy several years or if you have multiple computers.

    Right now, I have over 200GB of HiRez and lossless music backed up. I'll never have to burn another CD or redownload from the source ever again!
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited April 2011
    Oh, with Carbonite your data is also encrypted before being downloaded from your computer.
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited April 2011
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    I don't trust anybody with MY data. Not that they'll loose it as much
    as it might become somebody else's data.

    same... I'd never, ever, ever put my data on someones server. Once it's there, it's no longer mine....

    I would simply buy another hard drive, tape drive, ssd, flash drive, whatever you feel is most safe... you could even buy two hard drives, three, four and put them in a fireproof safe... hell, store one at your local post office, another in a storage unit.... you'll never have to worry.

    250gb hds are 21.99 at newegg... I would utilize an option like this long before I would store my data on someones servers.
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited April 2011
    Agreed, I use RAID arrays to basically back-up my whole computer. I've had a hard drive fail and was up and running again quickly with a quick run to the computer store to get a new hard drive. Stash a hard drive some place else as suggested above and you're pretty much covered.

    But once data makes it on a server, it's archived and copied who knows how many times after that. And you're just one hacker breach away from having everything making it out to the internet. Maybe not bad if your personal music collection gets hacked, but I just can't understand things like financial records sitting in a cloud somewhere.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited April 2011
    I already have a backup solution, looking for something on top of that.

    Its not personal data, if the needs in their datacenter want to sit there and listen to my music I could give a rats ads...
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited April 2011
    Just be careful adding the wrong folder by mistake. Once uploaded, you can never be sure it's really deleted again...
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited April 2011
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    I don't trust anybody with MY data. Not that they'll loose it as much
    as it might become somebody else's data.

    I'm with you on this. I just back up the backup sort of speak. Just afraid with all the capabilities of a good hacker, that indeed they can access my stuff. Even though it would only be a few insecure documents and music, just never know.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited April 2011
    That's just it though, if it's just music why do you really care?
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,155
    edited April 2011
    I use carbonite too. Works great
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited April 2011
    I'm leaning towards carbonite
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited April 2011
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    That's just it though, if it's just music why do you really care?

    Even photos of your beloved audio gear can contain location metadata that can tell a thief exactly where to steal it. The less stuff on cloud servers, the better, IMO from a personal security point of view.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited April 2011
    Generally I agree, but we are talking music files only here...really can't see the potential harm so educate me if I'm overlooking something
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited April 2011
    I just can not see putting my info on someones else's server or hard drive. For two reasons one it will no longer be in my hands to control and two I have read a lot about these places either being hacked and things stolen or things go down. I would rather spend a few hundred bucks on a few externals and as I already do, put one in my room one at my neighbors who I trust and one at work. Just my opinion
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited April 2011
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    Generally I agree, but we are talking music files only here...really can't see the potential harm so educate me if I'm overlooking something

    Like I said, probably nothing wrong with music files. Especially if you don't use the metadata fields of the file to store anything that can be traced back to you. But every time we create something on a computer it has a digital fingerprint, so to speak. In addition to date and time created, there are a host of other fields that can be populated depending on the file type and software used. So, for instance, we may think we are sending someone an anonymous word document, but the metadata field may attach your name to every document you create depending on how your software is configured. Digital stuff just isn't always as innocent as a hard copy picture or piece of paper, because we can't always see all the digital stuff it contains.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited April 2011
    If it's non-threatening data, then my previous concerns are not valid.
    But I also would rather pay and own the drive than rent space.
    I'm running two drives in my music pc(not mirrored, but cloned about
    once a month) and an external back up drive. Besides physical failure,
    a virus or configuration whoops(careful with those tags!) can kill you.
    My experience with online storage is nil, so I can give you much of
    an opinion there.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited April 2011
    bigaudiofanatic wrote: »
    I just can not see putting my info on someones else's server or hard drive. For two reasons one it will no longer be in my hands to control and two I have read a lot about these places either being hacked and things stolen or things go down. I would rather spend a few hundred bucks on a few externals and as I already do, put one in my room one at my neighbors who I trust and one at work. Just my opinion
    Are you even reading this whole thread???
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited April 2011
    I do have everything stored on an external drive, the problem is what if someone breaks into my house and steals the drive? I'm looking at other options as well such as loading everything on to a drive and taking it and leaving it up at the office or at my parents.

    All my other 'stuff' can be replaced, but it would take me literally hundreds of hours to re-create my entire lossless music library of over 4,000 CDs. Ripping CDs a few at a time isn't too bad, but the thought of having to rebuild that entire library again makes my head hurt.
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited April 2011
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    I do have everything stored on an external drive, the problem is what if someone breaks into my house and steals the drive? I'm looking at other options as well such as loading everything on to a drive and taking it and leaving it up at the office or at my parents.

    All my other 'stuff' can be replaced, but it would take me literally hundreds of hours to re-create my entire lossless music library of over 4,000 CDs. Ripping CDs a few at a time isn't too bad, but the thought of having to rebuild that entire library again makes my head hurt.

    If you're worried about fire/theft that's why I mentioned the 250gb hard drives or flash drives and storing them in a safe deposit box, a fire safe, a storage unit... bury it in the back yard...

    If it's not sensitive information, sure, you can put it up online... they might have the data in multiple locations... but why pay monthly/yearly for your files to sit there... you'll never want to remove them cause it would be inconvenient... so you'll pay forever (I leased a website/server in highschool and still pay on it). The biggest advantage to online would be that you would not have to go physically retrieve the data to modify/add to it... the biggest down side is it is no longer your data and you pay for it

    edit: what happens if the company goes out of business?

    oh, you could also use SD cards... you can hide that pretty much anywhere and no one is gonna steal it.
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