Ask HN: What service do you use for personal file backup?

#1

Post by agotterer » Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 10:27 PM UTC

My Mozy subscription is about to end. I thought the overall service was good, but sometimes unreliable or slow. I'm trying to decide if I should renew or go elsewhere. What other backup services do you recommend?

Re: Ask HN: What service do you use for personal file backup?

#2

Post by vaksel » Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 10:32 PM UTC

none really,

I just backup on DVDs every 3-4 months, the folders that change over that period.

Re: Ask HN: What service do you use for personal file backup?

#3

Post by agotterer » Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 10:35 PM UTC

vaksel wrote: post #2

none really, I just backup on DVDs every 3-4 months, the folders that change over that period.

I do that as well. But there's always that small chance or fire or theft. I also like having incremental backups that are taken every night. Just in case a file gets accidentally modified/deleted or corrupted. Better safe then sorry, and for $50ish bucks a year it easily justified.

Re: Ask HN: What service do you use for personal file backup?

#4

Post by aberman » Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 10:36 PM UTC

I use dropbox for everything. I can't imagine a better solution.

Re: Ask HN: What service do you use for personal file backup?

#5

Post by edb » Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 10:38 PM UTC

Jungledisk! It allows you to store all yor data on your s3 account

Re: Ask HN: What service do you use for personal file backup?

#6

Post by agotterer » Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 10:40 PM UTC

aberman wrote: post #4

I use dropbox for everything. I can't imagine a better solution.

I also use dropbox. Its fantastic for sharing. But to me its not a real backup solution. Everything doesnt live in the same folders or drives, seems like a lot of work to turn dropbox into a half baked backup solution.

Re: Ask HN: What service do you use for personal file backup?

#7

Post by dryicerx » Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 10:47 PM UTC

Amazon S3.

  cron job -> tar gz -> s3cmd -> s3

Their cheap, very reliable, and fast. What else can I ask for.

Re: Ask HN: What service do you use for personal file backup?

#8

Post by redmage » Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 10:47 PM UTC

I use tarsnap[1] and not-so-regular backups to my home fileserver.

[1] http://tarsnap.com

Re: Ask HN: What service do you use for personal file backup?

#9

Post by agotterer » Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 10:53 PM UTC

edb wrote: post #5

Jungledisk! It allows you to store all yor data on your s3 account

This comes out to slightly higher then my Mozy account would cost per month. Does Jungledisk do any encryption or protection for you? I know Mozy encrypts everything.

Re: Ask HN: What service do you use for personal file backup?

#10

Post by rgaidot » Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 11:00 PM UTC

rdiff-backup distance (via ssh)