On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Rich Braun <ri...@pioneer.ci.net> wrote:
> I used Mozy Pro for online backup at my last company, but noticed that even > today the company still doesn't support Linux. Ugh. > > So what do y'all use? My AIT2 tape drive just died and I'm thinking it's > time > to go online, perhaps with two different providers to back each other up. > > I've got about 6TB of long-term archives to deal with, and about 300GB of > high-priority data. The sheer volume is why I've always done a home-grown > solution but I figure it's worth asking about online services before > dropping > another $1000 or so doing an equipment upgrade of my home-built stuff. > > 6TB might sound like a lot, but you can just buy three 2TB drives for a > total > of about $250 at today's prices, copy the data off to them, and toss them > in a > friend's closet. "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon > full > of magtapes driving down the freeway at 60mph". ;-) > > -rich > > I'm looking into this as well and considering CrashPlan. My understanding is that it's free if you can find someone to "peer" with (i.e. trade disk space). But they also have unlimited space plans if you back up to their servers. For 6 TB, hopefully you don't have any bandwidth caps. ;-) _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
