Online Backup Services

jmair · 23-09-2008, 07:41 PM

We had a tape drive go on the fritz a few days ago and the cost or repairing it is $4 less than buying a new one.

Our total full backup is 100Gigs for us, but our nightly backup couldn't be more than 1gig. Knowing how little it is, I was thinking of not buying a new tape backup but rather looking into an online backup service. Does anybody have experience with one, have feedback or any real world info that may be useful?

Thanks

Michael · 23-09-2008, 07:54 PM

You may also want to consider a NAS too

CyberNerd · 23-09-2008, 07:59 PM

Amazon Simple Storage Service

MPorter · 23-09-2008, 08:09 PM

Hi

I've been using the free version of Mozy for some of my data. It backs data up reliably, and the test data restores have been fine and easy to do. They do offer a pro version, but as I haven't used it, I can't comment on how well it works or costs.

Hope this helps

Maria

jmair · 23-09-2008, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael

You may also want to consider a NAS too

Actually, a NAS would be perfect (minus the firesafe protection, but hey, if the school goes down Student_A wont need a backup retrieved.)

Any suggestion to backup software? NTBackup? We've been using Veritas.

User3204 · 23-09-2008, 08:49 PM

We'd been looking at Atempo - Uniquely Powerful- Press Releases but they had also contacted our LA, so we're gonna wait for them to get back to us.

Check with your LA.

I find NTBackup a pain in the arse sometimes, I would recommend getting a proper one that works across all your servers.

somabc · 23-09-2008, 08:59 PM

You can use Jungledisk if vanilla Amazon S3 looks a bit complicated

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jmair Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 53 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 0	Online Backup Services We had a tape drive go on the fritz a few days ago and the cost or repairing it is $4 less than buying a new one. Our total full backup is 100Gigs for us, but our nightly backup couldn't be more than 1gig. Knowing how little it is, I was thinking of not buying a new tape backup but rather looking into an online backup service. Does anybody have experience with one, have feedback or any real world info that may be useful? Thanks

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23-09-2008, 07:54 PM	#2
Michael Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 2,360 Thanks: 37 Thanked 188 Times in 148 Posts Rep Power: 44	You may also want to consider a NAS too

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CyberNerd Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,451 Thanks: 49 Thanked 151 Times in 124 Posts Rep Power: 39	Amazon Simple Storage Service

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MPorter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Corby, Northants Posts: 23 Thanks: 3 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts Rep Power: 5	Hi I've been using the free version of Mozy for some of my data. It backs data up reliably, and the test data restores have been fine and easy to do. They do offer a pro version, but as I haven't used it, I can't comment on how well it works or costs. Hope this helps Maria

23-09-2008, 08:49 PM	#6
User3204 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wirral Posts: 386 Thanks: 18 Thanked 22 Times in 20 Posts Rep Power: 8	We'd been looking at Atempo - Uniquely Powerful- Press Releases but they had also contacted our LA, so we're gonna wait for them to get back to us. Check with your LA. I find NTBackup a pain in the arse sometimes, I would recommend getting a proper one that works across all your servers.

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somabc Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: London Posts: 644 Thanks: 20 Thanked 44 Times in 36 Posts Rep Power: 17	You can use Jungledisk if vanilla Amazon S3 looks a bit complicated Jungle Disk - Reliable online storage powered by Amazon S3 - JungleDisk

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