Bill H
asked on
Cloud backup for Small/Med Business
I'm looking for a cloud backup solution for our office here in Chicago. We have about 300GB of data. I know there a lot of providers out there, but do any of them offer the ability to say overnight your data to you on a flash drive in case you want to restore? Also looking for something cost effective. Please let me know your experience you've had with offsite cloud. Thanks!
Aaron Tomosky
Backblaze does. I think crash plan will too but I haven't used it. What I like about backblaze is it runs continually and versions. After 30 days deleted files are gone but it will still save you from a whoops deleted or overwritten file pretty well.
According to their website, Backblaze won't work on a server.......
I found several reviews and might suggest http://www.livedrive.com/ForBusiness/Packages ; but, have you considered that, unless you have very atypical outbound speeds (I assumed 2Mbps), it will take 1.2 million seconds to finish the initial backup? And, if you have any large files that change regularly (like SQL or Exchange), you may never be able to keep up!
Personally; especially in light of the standard contract clause of "You agree to hold us harmless and not liable", I prefer local backups which I know are under my control. eSATA, an external drive holder, and a few 1TB drives should cost less than $500. Cobian backup will only need to copy the new and changed files after the first backup is completed and is free: http://www.cobiansoft.com/index.htm It can also use VSS to get the files which are still open
I found several reviews and might suggest http://www.livedrive.com/ForBusiness/Packages ; but, have you considered that, unless you have very atypical outbound speeds (I assumed 2Mbps), it will take 1.2 million seconds to finish the initial backup? And, if you have any large files that change regularly (like SQL or Exchange), you may never be able to keep up!
Personally; especially in light of the standard contract clause of "You agree to hold us harmless and not liable", I prefer local backups which I know are under my control. eSATA, an external drive holder, and a few 1TB drives should cost less than $500. Cobian backup will only need to copy the new and changed files after the first backup is completed and is free: http://www.cobiansoft.com/index.htm It can also use VSS to get the files which are still open
ASKER
How about just a dedicated CHEAP cloud backup for just 1 of my servers? it has 30GB of data is running server 08 R2?
The link I sent you is $37 per month for 2 Terrabytes.
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
ASKER
thanks guys let me review