Comments on: Offsite Backups – Jungle Disk Rocks

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:41:08 +0000

@Phil That sounds like way too much work. I guess I’d rather pay for 2 years of backups than buy a drive. Probably sounds crazy that I have no external drives at this point, but I don’t. that said, I don’t have nearly 300GB of data either. I think I’m only backing up important data like family pictures and financial data at like 30GB.

@Tom Yeah, they changed it not too long ago. If you look at the offering now though it is drastically improved. You can use Cloud Files or S3 (CF is cheaper; no bandwidth costs) and you can make use of the Limelight CDN if you’d like to.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:20:31 +0000

Jungle Disk used to be a fixed $20 price which brought you free upgrades for life. I guess they’ve gotten successful enough to move to a subscription based model, which is a shame as it seems like somewhat less of a bargain now compared with other solutions.

By: Philip J Beyer

Philip J Beyer — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:14:16 +0000

last year, i started using CrashPlan (http://www.crashplan.com/) and i haven’t looked back since. it’s got everything you’d expect… encryption, alerting, backup diffs, continuous backup, multi-platform, etc. the personal version is a one-time purchase for either the basic or “+” version depending on your needs. the software supports multiple backup locations at once (another attached drive, another computer on your LAN, another computer offsite, or a friend’s computer). the software itself is rock solid and easy to use (i’ve had to do minor restores).

i back up my laptop and home server and the best part about it for me is that once i’ve purchase the software and my own backup drives, my costs are done… no monthly fee, no annual support, no offsite backup charge per GB. i love how cheap Cloud Files is, but with more than 300GB to backup (and counting), even $0.01/GB/month starts to add up. AND, since CrashPlan supports local backup portability, i can back everything up on my home network, take my backup drives to my office (my remote location), connect them to my target PC, and “instantly” my data is uploaded offsite. then, only the diffs are sent over the wire.

i promise, i’m not a shill for them :p. buy the software and a backup drive Chris, and i’ll be your offsite host.