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Re: cloud backup
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gallese, Brady T.)
Sat Jan 19 18:58:50 2013
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+1 for Crashplan. I have used it personally for over a year and couldn't be happier for many of the reasons Adam mentions below. In the past I was a Mozy advocate, until they changed their pricing structure. Crashplan still overs unlimited data for the same price. I hope to officially switch our recommended cloud backup service from Mozy to Crashplan this summer for incoming students.
Best Regards,
Brady Gallese
Susquehanna University
On Jan 19, 2013, at 6:45 PM, "Brock, Adam" <Adam_Brock@baylor.edu> wrote:
> I used BackBlaze for a while, but recently switched to Crashplan. I found the restore process was very lacking with BackBlaze. To restore files, you go to the BackBlaze website, select the files and folders you want to restore and then the files are placed in a zip file. You then download the zip file over http.
>
> This is fine if it's a small amount of files, but I found issues when doing larger restores (over 5gb - for example with a large PST file). The zip files would sometimes be corrupt, and of course there was no resume option when downloading.
>
> If you have a complete drive crash they'll place all your files on a drive and ship it to you for a small fee, so that's an option if you have a complete drive failure.
>
> Crashplan does the restores through their GUI, so files are restored one at a time (thus immediately available) and there's integrated resume.
>
> We currently use Carbonite at the office, and are hoping to move away from it. We've been very unhappy with their support. Some other reasons we want to move away from Carbonite are:
> The software only backs up files / folders you specify and files in your profile. Crashplan and BackBlaze backup everything, except the items you exclude.
> Carbonite rate limits your uploads based on how much data you are backing up. For this, Carbonite counts the size of the files backed up, not the amount of space the files consume on their servers.
> Carbonite will not backup files that were saved from an Outlook message and not modified. Carbonite detects these as "temporary" files, and won't back them up until they are modified. I'm not talking about files in the OLK folder, but where the user actually chooses to save the file on the desktop or in my documents.
> We've found several instances where Carbonite was not backing up files in my documents or on the desktop and the user was unaware.
> Carbonite will not backup files over 4GB unless the user manually flags that file for backup. It's not practical to remember to manually flag a file for backup whenever you create a file larger than 4GB on your drive.
> Carbonite only keeps a limited number of versions of files and deleted files for 30 days. This is completely customizable with Crashplan.
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>
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> Adam Brock - Technical Support Manager
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> -----Original Message-----
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> I've had good luck with BackBlaze for personal use. <http://www.backblaze.com>. Relatively inexpensive, unlimited data, good network speeds, and a reliable software client.
>
> Best,
> Adam Bray
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> On Jan 18, 2013, at 3:14 PM, "Scripter, L. Tom" <toms@ARBOR.EDU> wrote:
>
>> Greetings on a late Friday afternoon.
>>
>> I am looking into options for automatic cloud backup that would be cross platform (Windows and Apple). Preferably something that happens without much discomfort or intervention by the end user. We are looking at something to ease the minds of our Executive Team. Currently we are only looking at ten users maximum and really do not want to purchase an enterprise appliance to preform that function.
>>
>> Any ideas or suggestions based on your observations and experiences?
>>
>>
>> Blessings
>>
>> Lawton T. (Tom) Scripter
>> Computer Repair Center Manager
>> 106 E. Main St.
>> Spring Arbor, MI 49283
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>> tx: 517-750-6405
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