NWR: Online backup

[SFJoe]

A friend of mine has a need for online backup of files only, not a whole computer configuration. A small expense would not matter. Is there a good solution out there that is reliable and not too complex to implement?

 

[SteveTimko]

There's a couple of places offering ways to use Gmail as online back up.

 

This is one. I'm not sure it's the best. It's the first one that came up when I Googled.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by SFJoe:
NWR: Online backupA friend of mine has a need for online backup of files only, not a whole computer configuration. A small expense would not matter. Is there a good solution out there that is reliable and not too complex to implement?

What do you mean by "online"? Do you want a service that archives and stores files for you, or do you want to backup one computer to another one owned by the same person? For the Mac, there is the iDisk service for the former case, and Time Machine in the latest OS can be configured for backing up across the network. I am a complete Win* tard, but I've heard good things about IBackup and IOmega's IStorage Online.

Mark Lipton

 

[Andrew Zachary]

originally posted by SFJoe:
NWR: Online backupA friend of mine has a need for online backup of files only, not a whole computer configuration. A small expense would not matter. Is there a good solution out there that is reliable and not too complex to implement?

Mozy is free for up to 2GB of storage, and runs on both a Mac and a PC. Very simple to use... Hard to beat free. Of course, if your friend needs more space, he can purchase more on Mozy as well.

If he needs to keep 2 computers in different locations in sync, he can try SugarSync. YMMV.

 

[SFJoe]

originally posted by MLipton:

originally posted by SFJoe:
NWR: Online backupA friend of mine has a need for online backup of files only, not a whole computer configuration. A small expense would not matter. Is there a good solution out there that is reliable and not too complex to implement?

What do you mean by "online"? Do you want a service that archives and stores files for you, or do you want to backup one computer to another one owned by the same person? For the Mac, there is the iDisk service for the former case, and Time Machine in the latest OS can be configured for backing up across the network. I am a complete Win* tard, but I've heard good things about IBackup and IOmega's IStorage Online.

Mark Lipton

Offsite archival file storage. Preferably web-based.

 

[Ice Cream Man]

Try this:

Carbonite by OpenText - Backup & data protection for home & business

Carbonite by OpenText auto backup software and business solutions help protect your personal and business data from common forms of data loss.

www.carbonite.com

Automatic, secure, $50 a year for unlimited backup. Works in the background when you're online.

bg

 

[Seth Hill]

MediaMax and Mozy are free albeit limited in bandwidth and size, but might work. There are pay plans for each, too. Carbonite is good for the $.

Amazon S3 w/ a Jungle Disk front-end is pay as you go, which is tasty.

There's certainly plenty of ways to do it if you have your own domain, too. Dreamhost, for instance grows your account 2GB a month. You'll have to config a client, but it's not too bad. There's various WebDav solutions out there...

Drop a message/email if you want a walk-through on anything in particular.

 

[SFJoe]

Very much appreciate the input. Working on solutions now.