Comments on: Backup or not to backup, that is the question. http://www.paulmellors.net/2009/05/backup-or-not-to-backup-that-is-the-question Paul Mellors's Blog / Tech News Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:48:07 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Forcha Charlesc http://www.paulmellors.net/2009/05/backup-or-not-to-backup-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1#comment-1302 Forcha Charlesc Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:14:15 +0000 http://www.paulmellors.net?p=1069#comment-1302 Online backup is the safe way to go these days . Your files will securely be stored on a remote server .We now have many online file backup companies even providing free backup space of more than 10GB. Most of them can be found on this site www.free-file-backup.com . Online backup is the safe way to go these days . Your files will securely be stored on a remote server .We now have many online file backup companies even providing free backup space of more than 10GB. Most of them can be found on this site http://www.free-file-backup.com .

]]> By: dragonbite http://www.paulmellors.net/2009/05/backup-or-not-to-backup-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1#comment-1150 dragonbite Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:50:45 +0000 http://www.paulmellors.net?p=1069#comment-1150 Do any of these work well with KDE? I think Dropbox uses Nautilus or something and I know UbuntuOne is gnome-orientated. Do any of these work well with KDE? I think Dropbox uses Nautilus or something and I know UbuntuOne is gnome-orientated.

]]> By: Dropbox, UbuntuOne? No? Ok…how bout Spideroak? « 10 types of people http://www.paulmellors.net/2009/05/backup-or-not-to-backup-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1#comment-875 Dropbox, UbuntuOne? No? Ok…how bout Spideroak? « 10 types of people Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:22:01 +0000 http://www.paulmellors.net?p=1069#comment-875 [...] not happy with UbuntuOne, so what will I use as my dropbox’s “backup”? Well, Paul Mellors posted about SpiderOak, a new dropbox-esk filesharing backup [...] [...] not happy with UbuntuOne, so what will I use as my dropbox’s “backup”? Well, Paul Mellors posted about SpiderOak, a new dropbox-esk filesharing backup [...]

]]> By: Daniel Larsson http://www.paulmellors.net/2009/05/backup-or-not-to-backup-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1#comment-843 Daniel Larsson Mon, 18 May 2009 22:40:30 +0000 http://www.paulmellors.net?p=1069#comment-843 Daniel Larsson at SpiderOak Inc here! Just wanted to thank you for the mention and add that for DropBox users a nice surprise will be that we do NOT clump all your files together in a 'Sync Folder' but keep your full folder structure! Our service also keeps complete historical versioning meaning that will always be able to retrieve historical versions of your files! If you own a blog or website, or just happen to be an avid marketing guru we also have an affiliate program for you at https://spideroak.com/affiliate - free to join and up to 50% payouts! If you have any questions feel free to email me at; daniel@spideroak.com Daniel Larsson at SpiderOak Inc here!
Just wanted to thank you for the mention and add that for DropBox users a nice surprise will be that we do NOT clump all your files together in a ‘Sync Folder’ but keep your full folder structure!

Our service also keeps complete historical versioning meaning that will always be able to retrieve historical versions of your files!

If you own a blog or website, or just happen to be an avid marketing guru we also have an affiliate program for you at https://spideroak.com/affiliate – free to join and up to 50% payouts!

If you have any questions feel free to email me at; daniel@spideroak.com

]]> By: Jimmy http://www.paulmellors.net/2009/05/backup-or-not-to-backup-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1#comment-842 Jimmy Mon, 18 May 2009 16:10:32 +0000 http://www.paulmellors.net?p=1069#comment-842 For all online backup, file sharing and storage related info, news, interviews, top 25 rankings and more, I recommend this website: http://www.BackupReview.info For all online backup, file sharing and storage related info, news, interviews, top 25 rankings and more, I recommend this website:
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]]> By: Sparks http://www.paulmellors.net/2009/05/backup-or-not-to-backup-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1#comment-841 Sparks Mon, 18 May 2009 16:10:01 +0000 http://www.paulmellors.net?p=1069#comment-841 I wonder about the security implications. I see it has "zero-knowledge" data encryption but who owns the key? I'd probably encrypt my data before uploading it, anyway. I wonder about the security implications. I see it has “zero-knowledge” data encryption but who owns the key? I’d probably encrypt my data before uploading it, anyway.

]]> By: BadServo http://www.paulmellors.net/2009/05/backup-or-not-to-backup-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1#comment-840 BadServo Mon, 18 May 2009 15:57:56 +0000 http://www.paulmellors.net?p=1069#comment-840 Personally, I found SpiderOak to be a bit buggy and eccentric. Personally, I'm much happier with Dropbox, whihc also allows for multi-PC syncing and offsite backup, since it stores your data in the cloud as well. Personally, I have my system drive, and a separate internal drive for media. My home folder gets rsynced to a folder on the media drive nightly. Also the full contents of the media drive are rsynced to a removable HDD nightly after the home rsync. And lastly, critical documents and pictures are synced via Dropbox to my work PC and in the Dropbox cloud itself. Personally, I found SpiderOak to be a bit buggy and eccentric. Personally, I’m much happier with Dropbox, whihc also allows for multi-PC syncing and offsite backup, since it stores your data in the cloud as well.

Personally, I have my system drive, and a separate internal drive for media. My home folder gets rsynced to a folder on the media drive nightly. Also the full contents of the media drive are rsynced to a removable HDD nightly after the home rsync. And lastly, critical documents and pictures are synced via Dropbox to my work PC and in the Dropbox cloud itself.

]]> By: Michael http://www.paulmellors.net/2009/05/backup-or-not-to-backup-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1#comment-839 Michael Mon, 18 May 2009 12:05:37 +0000 http://www.paulmellors.net?p=1069#comment-839 You'd need to be careful that you're not sync'ing certain sensitive data as you might accidental breach the data protection act by not holding the data in the country of origin. You’d need to be careful that you’re not sync’ing certain sensitive data as you might accidental breach the data protection act by not holding the data in the country of origin.

]]> By: Maxim http://www.paulmellors.net/2009/05/backup-or-not-to-backup-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1#comment-838 Maxim Mon, 18 May 2009 07:49:12 +0000 http://www.paulmellors.net?p=1069#comment-838 Wow. I've tried Dropbox and Jungledisk over the past couple of months and this seems like the ultimate program: it's features both Dropbox and Jungledisk functionality and it's fairly affordable. Me like. Thanks for pointing me to this! It pays to read Fedora People ;-) Wow. I’ve tried Dropbox and Jungledisk over the past couple of months and this seems like the ultimate program: it’s features both Dropbox and Jungledisk functionality and it’s fairly affordable. Me like. Thanks for pointing me to this! It pays to read Fedora People ;-)

]]> By: red http://www.paulmellors.net/2009/05/backup-or-not-to-backup-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1#comment-837 red Mon, 18 May 2009 07:43:08 +0000 http://www.paulmellors.net?p=1069#comment-837 I know of a similar service, which is Wuala (google it for the link). Never used any of this, though: real men don't do backups ;) I know of a similar service, which is Wuala (google it for the link). Never used any of this, though: real men don’t do backups ;)

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