Dropbox, is it good for backups or is there better.

[Paullas]

As the title says, is Dropbox good and reliable for doing backups to or is there better solutions.

 

[Adam H]

Backups of what ? local machine, photo's, documents etc ?

 

[RobM]

I use it for personal backups of videos, photos etc. I would never rely on a public system for sensitive data or important backups. A quick search on google shows how insecure these 'secure cloud' backup options are but they are convenient when local hardware fails or you upgrade over the years.

 

[Paullas]

For both personal and business really. Anyonw any recomendations for backing up business from websites etc automatically


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[Admin]

For both personal and business really. Anyonw any recomendations for backing up business from websites etc automatically

Sounds like you might have missed this excellent thread which covers this...if I understand what you are asking correctly

http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/threads/web-host-123-reg-deletes-sites-in-clean-up-error.139702/

 

[accelerator]

There is CrashPlan:

http://www.code42.com/crashplan/

which is a US company. It is fine, it just does it's thing in the background. The backup software isn't that slick but it's adequate. Only thing is you can't get a DVD of all your data if you need it, you have to download it all.

A British company is:

https://mozy.co.uk/

gets recommended a fair amount.

Also, I think Synology NAS drives offer cloud backup options.

 

[wonder_lander]

You can also use crashplan with a friends and family. Buy NAS/external drive, use crashplan at your home to take the first big backup, move NAS offsite to a workplace, friend etc and then set crashplan to backup any new content to the same drive.

Much quicker recovery than a cloud based download of large amounts of data!

 

[Paullas]

Thanks to all for the suggestions, definitely something to look into more.

 

[pberry4032]

Crash plan has a UK unit, we use it for our office server.

At home, we have a Synology NAS with mapped drives for our photos and this replicates to Google Drive instantly and two way so I can access my photos anywhere with GD app and I can upload them to GD and they'll sync to my Synology at home. Works really well.

 

[Edwin]

British company is:

https://mozy.co.uk/

gets recommended a fair amount.

Mozy isn't British. They just happen to have a UK site as well as their main US site. But they're definitely American.

Mozy is part of EMC Corporation. We're headquartered in Seattle, Washington and have offices in Utah, London, Cork and Shanghai.

http://mozy.co.uk/about/about-mozy

 

[Abstroose]

When it comes to backups I follow the 3-2-1 rule and would advise anyone else to also.

Three backups, in two different formats, with one of those copies off-site.

That way you're pretty much covered from file corruption, hard drive failure, theft, fire, third party cloud hosting providers getting hacked or going bust.

I personally have a three way sync between my PC, NAS and Dropbox/Crashplan. Files I need regular access to are synced with Dropbox. Files that I don't need access to but want archiving are backed up with Crashplan. Also all other important files from my devices (laptop, phone, wife's phone) are backed up to the NAS via Bittorrent Sync. Websites hosted on a VPS are also backed up to my NAS (and ultimately Crashplan) via Bittorrent Sync.

One more thing, I use software called Boxcryptor to encrypt all my stuff uploaded to Dropbox.

 

[newguy]

Have anyone tried Sync by bittorrent for local backups? There's not much I need backing up anyway, just financial stuff really, but I'm with others in not being keen to use online options.

 

[Abstroose]

Have anyone tried Sync by bittorrent for local backups? There's not much I need backing up anyway, just financial stuff really, but I'm with others in not being keen to use online options.

As my reply above, I used Bittorrent Sync to back up several things to a RAID 1 array on my NAS. I've got clients set up on my PC, laptop, phone and VPS, all backing up to the NAS. Works perfectly. Sync will search for local clients to make sure data is synced over LAN.

 

[ELIFE-MZ]

dropbox business license with boxcryptor encryption software running locally on the machine. Dropbox keeps unlimited version history of all files and boxcryptor encrypts the files on the fly so if anyone manages to get access to dropbox, they would need private key files plus 20-30 character passphrase to read them. Data files are stored encrypted locally and Boxcryptor maps a virtual drive letter once passphrase has been provided on boot up. Files can be synced with all machines. Used this setup for 5 years now - works perfectly.

 

[newguy]

As my reply above, I used Bittorrent Sync to back up several things to a RAID 1 array on my NAS. I've got clients set up on my PC, laptop, phone and VPS, all backing up to the NAS. Works perfectly. Sync will search for local clients to make sure data is synced over LAN.

Thanks.. I might finally get around to giving it a try then . I'll let people know how it goes.

 

[Abstroose]

I am reading about Boxcryptor to ascertain what the negatives are, if any, and how it impacts using dropbox via the web and mobile apps. I presume it isn't simply possible to log into dropbox's web site via any web browser on any machine and view files if they are encrypted with this product? A minimum would be software installation and configuration?

There is a Boxcryptor extension for Chrome that that will decrypt the filenames (if filename encryption is enabled) of your Dropbox files when logged in and viewing in your browser, and also gives an option to download the decrypted file on the fly. Although it's a fairly poor extension. Slow and filled with bugs, apparently. The reviews in the Chrome Web Store say it all. But it's okay for emergency access and got me out of trouble once or twice.