Subscription Changes for Computer Backup
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Subscription Changes for Computer Backup
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#2Does anyone have experience using this to sync between a Windows PC and a Mac?
I've tried using OneDrive and it's pretty bad. I basically keep it disabled until I remember, "hey I haven't synced in a while, turn it on until complete, then turn off again."
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#3Does anyone have experience using this to sync between a Windows PC and a Mac? I've tried using OneDrive and it's pretty bad. I basically keep it disabled until I remember, "hey I haven't synced in a while, turn it on until complete, then turn off again."
No but you may want to try rclone. Not exactly lightweight but it’s very easy to use and configure with a variety of storage services.
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#4Does anyone have experience using this to sync between a Windows PC and a Mac? I've tried using OneDrive and it's pretty bad. I basically keep it disabled until I remember, "hey I haven't synced in a while, turn it on until complete, then turn off again."
This Backblaze product doesn’t sync between computers. Their B2 storage can, but you need a client for it that can automatically work with S3-compatible storage. I use Arq but free options exist.
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#5I, for one, am happy to pay a bit more to keep supporting Backblaze. More than worth the $7/mo to sleep better at night, and the service has worked flawlessly for me.
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#6Does anyone have experience using this to sync between a Windows PC and a Mac? I've tried using OneDrive and it's pretty bad. I basically keep it disabled until I remember, "hey I haven't synced in a while, turn it on until complete, then turn off again."
Sync and backup are different things. Dropbox is the best at sync but would get very costly for large backups. Backblaze is the best for disaster recovery backup.
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#7Working in video production, I know there are a lot of videographers and photographers "abusing" the unlimited nature of this service. It's not my business how BackBlaze does things, or if the usage falls within their acceptable use policy, but I see so many in my industry brag about the insanely cheap rates BackBlaze offers on their computer backup.
From my armchair, it seems like a bunch of personal users subsidize the freelance photo/video production industry. I wonder why BackBlaze doesn't give those extreme users the boot? Or, put in place a reasonable storage limit (e.g., 5 TB or something that 95% of users will be okay with.) I like BackBlaze but it always rubs me the wrong way when I see people in Facebook groups using the Computer Backup solution as if it were B2 or a higher-tier service.
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#8Since this thread might attract people who know …
I’m looking at getting a NAS for home backup to get my data out of cloud services.
Is synology still a good option for this? I’ve read that they are starting to engage in some anti-user behaviors like restricting the types of drives that can be used with their gear.
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#9Does anyone have experience using this to sync between a Windows PC and a Mac? I've tried using OneDrive and it's pretty bad. I basically keep it disabled until I remember, "hey I haven't synced in a while, turn it on until complete, then turn off again."
It's backup, not sync.
Your basic consumer choices for cloud-based sync are OneDrive, Google Drive, or DropBox.
I prefer Google Drive now that I can keep all my files in the cloud and download/cache on demand, rather than keep it synced -- this way I get a usable 2TB disk rather than being limited to my laptop's 256GB storage. Google announced a new unified app yesterday actually:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/new-google-drive-app...
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#10Since this thread might attract people who know … I’m looking at getting a NAS for home backup to get my data out of cloud services. Is synology still a good option for this? I’ve read that they are starting to engage in some anti-user behaviors like restricting the types of drives that can be used with their gear.
I personally built a NAS and use unraid on it along with (dockerized) resilio sync, and it works great for my purposes of local backup from multiple sources.