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Cloud based backup service
SkylinePrints:
--- Quote from: GraphicDisorder on July 26, 2011, 08:43:49 AM ---Not a fan of cloud based back up. Too slow often, and too small the rest of the time.
I prefer to keep an in house server to back up our data. We have over 10tb of data here, which is a lot for just 2 people. But we do a ton of design work so our customers files are very important to them and us. They know if they lose it, we wont!
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Brandt, I agree with keeping it in-house for faster access but what happens if the building burns down or you lose the server due to hardware or theft? 20 years in IT, I've seen it happen to many times so I do hope you have some type of off site backup. Like you said, your customers are dependent on you to have their files.
GraphicDisorder:
--- Quote from: SkylinePrints on July 26, 2011, 10:44:26 AM ---
--- Quote from: GraphicDisorder on July 26, 2011, 08:43:49 AM ---Not a fan of cloud based back up. Too slow often, and too small the rest of the time.
I prefer to keep an in house server to back up our data. We have over 10tb of data here, which is a lot for just 2 people. But we do a ton of design work so our customers files are very important to them and us. They know if they lose it, we wont!
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Brandt, I agree with keeping it in-house for faster access but what happens if the building burns down or you lose the server due to hardware or theft? 20 years in IT, I've seen it happen to many times so I do hope you have some type of off site backup. Like you said, your customers are dependent on you to have their files.
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Absolutely we do. We bring in a 2TB drive for important data once a month and back it up and take it home.
Everything here is redundant as hell.
My computers all have separate data drives, so if the harder worked OS drive dies or needs re installed no data is effected. Additionally each computer has a external that copies exactly the internal data drives. Then the server each night copies each whole computer.
Pretty safe id say. Overkill probably. But that's smarter in my book. I could loose the sever and the main computer. Still got the external and a at worst month old copy at home. Or combinations of that.
inkbrigade:
We use backblaze.com for our backups. It's $5 a month for unlimited storage. It backs up in real time over the internet. The cool thing was i had a piece of art, it was only on my computer for about 30 minutes. I thought i was done with it so i trashed it. Then realizing i needed it i was able to pop on their website and sure nuff.. It was there for me to redownload.
Can't say enough good stuff about backblaze.
GraphicDisorder:
--- Quote from: inkbrigade on July 27, 2011, 06:35:06 AM ---We use backblaze.com for our backups. It's $5 a month for unlimited storage. It backs up in real time over the internet. The cool thing was i had a piece of art, it was only on my computer for about 30 minutes. I thought i was done with it so i trashed it. Then realizing i needed it i was able to pop on their website and sure nuff.. It was there for me to redownload.
Can't say enough good stuff about backblaze.
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Its great for smaller files, our issue with online backups is size of files and our internet connection is not the best in East TN. (10 down/ .896 up) Which is horrible. I came from Philly area before this, I had 70 down, and 30 up. LOL
We have several Terra bytes worth of data, sending it up to the cloud, would take forever on our connection. I am also not into trusting people with my files.
Works great for some though.
mk162:
We have a T1 here, so speed isn't an issue.
I ran into that the other day, somehow a file disappeared after a restart. I probably saved it in the wrong place and deleted it, but anyway, there is was, on carbonite. All I did was download it and it saved me a couple hours of work.
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