Another Personal Storage Discussion
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One other wrinkle here is I would like to find a solution that not only works for me, but also works for anyone who asks me how to back up their files.
Might not be possible...
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My final thought on this before comments ... a program that easily lets you sync from, say, OneDrive to Google Drive would be awesome here.
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This looks pretty interesting...
https://www.cloudhq.netIf you're using regular GMail and Regular OneDrive, it looks like it'd be free. For GApps (G Suite, ugh... I feel dirty writing that) for Work or O365 accounts, it's $10 a month.
It also works with Box, DropBox, and a few others as well.
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@dafyre said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
This looks pretty interesting...
https://www.cloudhq.netIf you're using regular GMail and Regular OneDrive, it looks like it'd be free. For GApps (G Suite, ugh... I feel dirty writing that) for Work or O365 accounts, it's $10 a month.
It also works with Box, DropBox, and a few others as well.
I did see that.
I worry a little bit about third party app being involved but maybe it's just being paranoid.
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@BRRABill said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
@dafyre said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
This looks pretty interesting...
https://www.cloudhq.netIf you're using regular GMail and Regular OneDrive, it looks like it'd be free. For GApps (G Suite, ugh... I feel dirty writing that) for Work or O365 accounts, it's $10 a month.
It also works with Box, DropBox, and a few others as well.
I did see that.
I worry a little bit about third party app being involved but maybe it's just being paranoid.
How is that any different than having your data on a 3rd Party Server like OneDrive?
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@dafyre said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
@BRRABill said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
@dafyre said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
This looks pretty interesting...
https://www.cloudhq.netIf you're using regular GMail and Regular OneDrive, it looks like it'd be free. For GApps (G Suite, ugh... I feel dirty writing that) for Work or O365 accounts, it's $10 a month.
It also works with Box, DropBox, and a few others as well.
I did see that.
I worry a little bit about third party app being involved but maybe it's just being paranoid.
How is that any different than having your data on a 3rd Party Server like OneDrive?
I trust Microsoft more than whoever cloudhq.net is?
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@BRRABill said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
@dafyre said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
@BRRABill said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
@dafyre said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
This looks pretty interesting...
https://www.cloudhq.netIf you're using regular GMail and Regular OneDrive, it looks like it'd be free. For GApps (G Suite, ugh... I feel dirty writing that) for Work or O365 accounts, it's $10 a month.
It also works with Box, DropBox, and a few others as well.
I did see that.
I worry a little bit about third party app being involved but maybe it's just being paranoid.
How is that any different than having your data on a 3rd Party Server like OneDrive?
I trust Microsoft more than whoever cloudhq.net is?
Understandable, lol.
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When you say "Local Computer" do you mean a Laptop, or a Desktop?
If it's a Desktop, then you should be able to add an external Drive and sync your OneDrive to that... and then back that up with CrashPlan.
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@dafyre said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
When you say "Local Computer" do you mean a Laptop, or a Desktop?
If it's a Desktop, then you should be able to add an external Drive and sync your OneDrive to that... and then back that up with CrashPlan.
It could be a desktop.
My concern with that is theft.
I guess one could encrypt it with Bitlocker, but not sure if that's a bullet proof way either.
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@dafyre said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
When you say "Local Computer" do you mean a Laptop, or a Desktop?
If it's a Desktop, then you should be able to add an external Drive and sync your OneDrive to that... and then back that up with CrashPlan.
I don't know about Crashplan, but other online backup solutions cost rise pretty fast to include external drives.
you could install a 5+ TB drive inside a machine that just sits in the corner syncing OD. Question, will the sync client automatically add any new content and folders added to OneDrive, or will you have to add them manually to be sync'ed locally then backed up.
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@BRRABill said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
I guess one could encrypt it with Bitlocker, but not sure if that's a bullet proof way either.
If you're worried about home break ins, Bitlocker should be more than enough. If you're worried about the three letter agencies, well, not sure what you should do.
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@Dashrender said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
@BRRABill said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
I guess one could encrypt it with Bitlocker, but not sure if that's a bullet proof way either.
If you're worried about home break ins, Bitlocker should be more than enough. If you're worried about the three letter agencies, well, not sure what you should do.
Yeah all my stuff is above the law.
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@Dashrender said
I don't know about Crashplan, but other online backup solutions cost rise pretty fast to include external drives.
Free with their service.
Can also backup to other computers for free.
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OneDrive etc as a back the problem comes with malware, randsomeware and accidental deletion.
For a backup you really want it disconnected from the system and read only.
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@Jason said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
OneDrive etc as a back the problem comes with malware, randsomeware and accidental deletion.
For a backup you really want it disconnected from the system and read only.
Crashplan works well for this.
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@dafyre said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
@Jason said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
OneDrive etc as a back the problem comes with malware, randsomeware and accidental deletion.
For a backup you really want it disconnected from the system and read only.
Crashplan works well for this.
Yes, but you have to get the data onto your local machine, which
a) requires an answer to my original question and
b) goes against the policy of many here (such as @scottalanmiller) of not storing data locally -
@BRRABill said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
@dafyre said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
@Jason said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
OneDrive etc as a back the problem comes with malware, randsomeware and accidental deletion.
For a backup you really want it disconnected from the system and read only.
Crashplan works well for this.
Yes, but you have to get the data onto your local machine, which
a) requires an answer to my original question and
b) goes against the policy of many here (such as @scottalanmiller) of not storing data locallyif it's for home it doesn't really matter if you are storing it locally.. you don't for companies cause you want a central place to backup..
At home my workstation laptop (Lenovo P70) is that central place. Crash Plan lets me backup unlimited data from one computer and I backup a lot.
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@Jason said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
@BRRABill said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
@dafyre said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
@Jason said in Another Personal Storage Discussion:
OneDrive etc as a back the problem comes with malware, randsomeware and accidental deletion.
For a backup you really want it disconnected from the system and read only.
Crashplan works well for this.
Yes, but you have to get the data onto your local machine, which
a) requires an answer to my original question and
b) goes against the policy of many here (such as @scottalanmiller) of not storing data locallyif it's for home it doesn't really matter if you are storing it locally.. you don't for companies cause you want a central place to backup..
At home my workstation laptop (Lenovo P70) is that central place. Crash Plan lets me backup unlimited data from one computer and I backup a lot.
Hey I don't want people seeing all my stuff!
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One thing you "could" do is make a tiny backup appliance at home, say with an Intel Nuc that runs Windows 10 Home and has OneDrive and syncs your files to a WD Red 3TB drive for super cheap. Then you CrashPlan that. Or BB it.
