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Can anyone recommend a data backup solution?

Sep 11, 2012 5:47 PM

I'm looking for a NAS backup solution for both my home laptop/desktop (windows) network and business server and PCs (windows and 1 iMac) (non-rack mount, just a standalone PC located remotely from home), preferably one device to do both if possible (I can transport the backup device between home and office if needed), and without breaking the bank. I'm not necessarily looking for a full PC mirror, just critical files. I'd like to have 2-3TB total backup capacity, and direct ethernet connectivity preferred. Going even farther, no physical fan (for noise and PITA failures) would be preferred as well.

I've been looking at the Buffalo Linkstation Live.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822165452

Any recommendations?

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Have you ruled out an off-site premium based backup service? I've used Carbonite for the past year or so. I pay $100 a year which includes the mirror image backup of my entire hard-drive. If you just want to back up a few important documents it'll run you $59 a year. I believe it is an unlimited amount of data as well. It may be a good solution for you instead of spending hundreds on hardware. Just an additional thought!

eraten eraten
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@eraten: I don't have a good answer for the original poster, but yours certainly is not helpful to him. He wants multiple computers to have 2-3TB of storage. Carbonite's multi-computer packages max out at 0.5TB, and $600/year.

omnichad omnichad
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I'm very happy with backblaze.com. It's like Carbonite but without the data-throttling which effectively puts a quite hard limit on their "unlimited" service. Dirt cheap too.

tsfisch tsfisch
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Lifehacker ran an article recently about building your own NAS:

http://lifehacker.com/5938883/how-can-i-build-a-quiet-low+powered-home-file-server

mml666 mml666
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seagate freeagent goflex home. The drive pulls out of the dock, so you can get a second dock for at home. Move the drive from dock to dock as needed. Also accessible from the web and/or smartphones. Got mine about 6 months ago and love it. The memeo backup software it comes with is easy to use, just select which folders you want backed up, and whenever a new file appears in those folders, it gets immediately backed up.

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Thanks to all. Yes, I would rather keep my own data instead of putting it in the cloud as the business side has public sensitive data, and my personal side has my own sensitive data.

Thanks for the lifehacker link, I will read about that, sounds interesting.

I like the Seagate Freeagent GoFlex docking situation, and the ability to just use different docks. That would help me keep everything physically separate as well by keeping my office backup physically at home and my home backup physically at the office. Reminds me of 15 years ago doing tape backups at my data center and keeping them offsite!

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