On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 16:55 +0400, li...@themilwards.biz wrote: > > Hi All > > Thinking of spending out for 1tb of Google Drive but wary due to the > lack of Linux client but still tempted as it is very cheap for the > cost. Does anyone have any suggestions for alternatives? Looking for > largish space as I need to start backing my photos up off site (had a > dead drive scare recently only to discover that my previous off site > wasn't backing up properly)
FWIW, and maybe I have more changing data than some, I found that the cloud storage I tried using some while back was simply unable to keep up with the amount of data. In fairness, that was because my CAD system was also making it's own multi-megabyte backups to the same disc that was being mirrored in the cloud. It was also hogging my broadband. I always feel a bit uncomfortable about having data that might possibly be private or otherwise non-disclosable on a public site, however secure they think it is. I'm told a few celebrities agree with me. My personal cloud(ish) storage is now on an ITX computer in a building the other side of a real physical firewall (to stop real physical fires). Consider cron to check that the backups were done OK and tell you if they weren't. Or just an alarm clock to remind you to check. I use BackupPC, which seems pretty reasonable, not a real cloud software. G. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
