CrashPlan Unlimited: Backing up 1.8TB at 1Mbps = 6 months remaining / SML Opinions / SML.20130711.SC
A few years ago, I subscribed to Amazon S3, but after backing up just a fraction of data over to S3, I noticed that my monthly cost has jumped to $200 USD / month, and that was not chewable, so I gave it up.
Last year, a friend asked me to take a look at Amazon Glacier, and it looks more economical, but it is still not very ideal. The ideal solution is just to have the data somewhere else just in case. The CrashPlan Unlimited gives me unlimited storage for $60 USD / year, and that seems almost too good to be true. But I had to do something about my archive.
So WTF are those 1.7TB of files there? Just my RAW archive. I need to store them somewhere offsite. Well, according to the software it would take 6 months for me to complete my current backup. I have a 20Mbps up/down line in Hong Kong, but the transfer rate is at around 1Mbps so it would take some time. Unlike Amazon services, there is no way to send them an HDD and let them store the data for me. But again, pricing is unbeatable.
Meanwhile, I still subscribe to a 500GB Dropbox for a cool $50 USD / month. This I use mostly for design and programming projects. There is truly no way I can imagine paying 2TB storage on Dropbox.
So we shall see what happens.
I am _still_ investigating a NAS RAID for local use, and another local project drive for videography. Most probably would go for Synology DiskStations but haven’t really made up my mind yet.
CrashPlan Unlimited: Backing up 1.8TB at 1Mbps = 6 months remaining / SML Opinions / SML.20130711.SC
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CrashPlan Unlimited: Backing up 1.8TB at 1Mbps = 6 months remaining / SML Opinions / SML.20130711.SC
A few years ago, I subscribed to Amazon S3, but after backing up just a fraction of data over to S3, I noticed that my monthly cost has jumped to $200 USD / month, and that was not chewable, so I gave it up.
Last year, a friend asked me to take a look at Amazon Glacier, and it looks more economical, but it is still not very ideal. The ideal solution is just to have the data somewhere else just in case. The CrashPlan Unlimited gives me unlimited storage for $60 USD / year, and that seems almost too good to be true. But I had to do something about my archive.
So WTF are those 1.7TB of files there? Just my RAW archive. I need to store them somewhere offsite. Well, according to the software it would take 6 months for me to complete my current backup. I have a 20Mbps up/down line in Hong Kong, but the transfer rate is at around 1Mbps so it would take some time. Unlike Amazon services, there is no way to send them an HDD and let them store the data for me. But again, pricing is unbeatable.
Meanwhile, I still subscribe to a 500GB Dropbox for a cool $50 USD / month. This I use mostly for design and programming projects. There is truly no way I can imagine paying 2TB storage on Dropbox.
So we shall see what happens.
I am _still_ investigating a NAS RAID for local use, and another local project drive for videography. Most probably would go for Synology DiskStations but haven’t really made up my mind yet.
CrashPlan Unlimited: Backing up 1.8TB at 1Mbps = 6 months remaining / SML Opinions / SML.20130711.SC
/ #SMLScreenshots #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLOpinions #SMLUniverse
/ #screenshots #nerds #geeks #opinions #storage #backup #crashplan #Dropbox #Amazon