Has anyone tried BitTorrent Sync to maintain copies of files for backup purposes?
http://www.bittorrent.com/help/faq/sync
http://www.bittorrent.com/help/faq/sync
Any experience with BitTorrent Sync?
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No, but this is an interesting concept. There was also a pricing change for Google Drive yesterday: $2/month for 100GB. Very tempting.
(I use CrashPlan, if you care to know)
(I use CrashPlan, if you care to know)
I too saw that Google dropped their drive storage pricing. Very nice! I hope it will inspire other cloud storage providers to lower theirs too. Google's drive client software is nice and simple but appears to be limited to one designated folder.
CrashPlan looks interesting. Carbonite does too. I am exploring options. Thank you for any feedback.
CrashPlan looks interesting. Carbonite does too. I am exploring options. Thank you for any feedback.
Originally Posted By: BearZDefect
I too saw that Google dropped their drive storage pricing. Very nice! I hope it will inspire other cloud storage providers to lower theirs too. Google's drive client software is nice and simple but appears to be limited to one designated folder.
CrashPlan looks interesting. Carbonite does too. I am exploring options. Thank you for any feedback.
Drive's desktop app gives you the ability to do an entire drive. Just specify the C:\ drive and it will backup the whole disk.
I opted for Crashplan because of the value. They don't limit how much stuff you can backup and the pricing is competitive. A friend told me about them and had a good experience. Mozy is another big one to consider, but their pricing (and Carbonite's) simply can't match CrashPlan's.
I too saw that Google dropped their drive storage pricing. Very nice! I hope it will inspire other cloud storage providers to lower theirs too. Google's drive client software is nice and simple but appears to be limited to one designated folder.
CrashPlan looks interesting. Carbonite does too. I am exploring options. Thank you for any feedback.
Drive's desktop app gives you the ability to do an entire drive. Just specify the C:\ drive and it will backup the whole disk.
I opted for Crashplan because of the value. They don't limit how much stuff you can backup and the pricing is competitive. A friend told me about them and had a good experience. Mozy is another big one to consider, but their pricing (and Carbonite's) simply can't match CrashPlan's.
One problem is that if I want to include a server in the scheme, all the prices go up by a factor of 10 or more. I find this obnoxious. I'd rather have data caps, or charge per GB to make it fair. I don't need the software and the storage to be from the same source. But this price disparity applies equally (or worse) to software-only vendors. Example: GoodSync. $30 per license on a PC, but $1,000 per license to run on Windows Server.
I've been happy with two installations of Carbonite at home and work for almost 6 years, but thanks for the tip on CrashPlan, I'll check them out.
Originally Posted By: BearZDefect
One problem is that if I want to include a server in the scheme, all the prices go up by a factor of 10 or more. I find this obnoxious. I'd rather have data caps, or charge per GB to make it fair. I don't need the software and the storage to be from the same source. But this price disparity applies equally (or worse) to software-only vendors. Example: GoodSync. $30 per license on a PC, but $1,000 per license to run on Windows Server.
http://www.crashplan.com/business/
They claim it's only $10/month per computer for enterprise stuff.
One problem is that if I want to include a server in the scheme, all the prices go up by a factor of 10 or more. I find this obnoxious. I'd rather have data caps, or charge per GB to make it fair. I don't need the software and the storage to be from the same source. But this price disparity applies equally (or worse) to software-only vendors. Example: GoodSync. $30 per license on a PC, but $1,000 per license to run on Windows Server.
http://www.crashplan.com/business/
They claim it's only $10/month per computer for enterprise stuff.
As far as I can tell, CrashPlanPro Business is for business users at $10 per month per PC, but does not include servers, one must subscribe to their Enterprise level for that.
I have Bittorrent sync keeping some folders synced across Ubuntu, Windows, Mac, and Android (!)
Works great; requires no outside server (cough, NSA) and is F/LOSS.
Works great; requires no outside server (cough, NSA) and is F/LOSS.
Nice. Does your setup require a hub for the data exchange?
I may just keep it simple and use a combination of rsync and s3cmd.
Originally Posted By: BearZDefect
Nice. Does your setup require a hub for the data exchange?
No. The entire point is that it is without any central server. If you chose to have a node *act* as a central server (always on, online and actively connected to the other torrent "clients") then that is certainly possible; much like a web seed exists now with internet torrents.
Having said that, I tend to keep a large amount of my work and personal data on one particular system, which tends to act as a central hub - but that is neither a technical issue nor a requirement.
Nice. Does your setup require a hub for the data exchange?
No. The entire point is that it is without any central server. If you chose to have a node *act* as a central server (always on, online and actively connected to the other torrent "clients") then that is certainly possible; much like a web seed exists now with internet torrents.
Having said that, I tend to keep a large amount of my work and personal data on one particular system, which tends to act as a central hub - but that is neither a technical issue nor a requirement.
Thank you for the replies and explanation.
Originally Posted By: BearZDefect
Thank you for the replies and explanation.
Wait - There is a caveat that I forgot to mention that is inherent in all bittorrent scenarios: There is a lot of bandwidth used. This is usually not a factor in a LAN where all of the systems are behind a router and, as long as that router can handle internet traffic on top of the LAN traffic syncing everything, you have no problems; but using a mobile installation may result in a lot of data being bandied back and forth in the background.
Thank you for the replies and explanation.
Wait - There is a caveat that I forgot to mention that is inherent in all bittorrent scenarios: There is a lot of bandwidth used. This is usually not a factor in a LAN where all of the systems are behind a router and, as long as that router can handle internet traffic on top of the LAN traffic syncing everything, you have no problems; but using a mobile installation may result in a lot of data being bandied back and forth in the background.
Asked a friend of mine about it. Here's what he had to say:
It's really chatty on the LAN if you have local syncing enabled, but it does seem to work fairly smoothly, especially when you throw a "cloud" peer into the mix. Because there is no "server" like there is with dropbox you can't access anything without first syncing everything. And you have to sync complete folders (and have room for the complete folder) which knocks it out of contention for some of my potential uses.
It's really chatty on the LAN if you have local syncing enabled, but it does seem to work fairly smoothly, especially when you throw a "cloud" peer into the mix. Because there is no "server" like there is with dropbox you can't access anything without first syncing everything. And you have to sync complete folders (and have room for the complete folder) which knocks it out of contention for some of my potential uses.
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Originally Posted By: BearZDefect
I too saw that Google dropped their drive storage pricing. Very nice! I hope it will inspire other cloud storage providers to lower theirs too.
It looks like others have been inspired!
Amazon S3 is now down to 3 cents per GB for standard storage, less than half of what they used to charge:
http://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/
Originally Posted By: BearZDefect
I too saw that Google dropped their drive storage pricing. Very nice! I hope it will inspire other cloud storage providers to lower theirs too.
It looks like others have been inspired!
Amazon S3 is now down to 3 cents per GB for standard storage, less than half of what they used to charge:
http://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/
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