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Does anyone have experience with Backblaze or CrashPlan online backup?

I'm looking for a good online backup. I've used iDrive's free service and they're fine, but my data needs are now exceeding their free space. So, since I'll have to start paying someone, I'm shopping around a bit. I came across Backblaze, which someone mentioned here a year ago, and from a review of Backblaze, I came across CrashPlan. Both seem to have attractive pricing, plus the option to essentially purchase a hard drive with all your backed up data, if necessary (for a fee of course).

So, does/has anyone used either of these?

by sfeitler
asked a year ago

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This has been asked before. I will try to find it, since there were so many useful answers. Ah, yes, here we are:

http://deals.woot.com/questions/details/54d97abb-8adc-4d39-8547-a0de4cba3a4a/is-there-a-good-online-computer-back-up-service

[Edit] I just quickly scanned through it all, and have to say that the best answers then are still the best answers (mozy/carbonite).

shrdlu
a year ago

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Yes, the year-old thread is where I found Backblaze. I read the whole thread. I know about Mozy and Carbonite and iDrive, I was hoping to hear if anyone had more experience with Backblaze, or any experience at all with CrashPlan. Particularly since these services are $5/month (or less if you go for a multi-month or multi-year contract) for unlimited space.

CrashPlan is especially nice-looking, because their software allows backup to local devices or to the web, or to both. And they support Windows, Mac and Linux.

The claims look really good. What I was hoping to learn is whether the reality lives up to the claim.

sfeitler
a year ago

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@sfeitler: I doubt that they do. This is an area where you are really going to get what you pay for. I should have known you'd done your due diligence before posting, but to be truthful, I hadn't noticed who it was that was posting. It's your data. Only you can know whether or not it's worth it to take a chance. I still only recommend either Mozy or Carbonite. I think I'd collected some links for others (mostly ones that would work well with Linux), but I don't have them handy right this minute.

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