Backups & Storage

**harrybarracuda** · 19-11-2016, 07:27 PM

Try reading something more up to date.

When you talk about $120 per Tb per year, it soon adds up.

Drobo 5n NAS review | KitGuru

**TizMe** · 20-11-2016, 09:34 AM

I like Dropbox. I don't consider $120 per year expensive.
Currently using 28% of my 1TB allowance. It's sync is very reliable, and gives upto to 30 days to recover data if you accidentally delete it or overwrite it. It also syncs seemlessly between Windows, Android, OSX and iOS. (Laptop, phone, desktop, and iPad)

As I also use OSX, so I also have a local Time Machine setup on 2 x 2TB drives that take a backup of changes every hour. I can even boot up from the Time Machine backup if necessary.

The problem with any on-site backup is that it is vulnerable to theft, fire, floods, electrical spikes, thunderstorms, etc.

Also if it isn't an automated process then it's vulnerable to you being lazy to diligently take backups. Murphy's Law will always guarantee that your drive will fail at the worst possible time and the time when you hadn't gotten around to create a backup of those important files.

**Dragonfly** · 21-11-2016, 03:14 PM

Dropbox has become a memory hog, slow down your PC a lot, almost like a virus

and it can take its tolls on your network if you update a lot of files in your dropbox

2 people on the same network using 2 dropbox account can basically fucked up your whole internet connection

Better solutions than dropbox out there these days. Used to be a good system, but as usual, these things turn to shit after a few successful years, ala Microsoft.

**brisie** · 21-11-2016, 03:32 PM

Qnap started with a WD my cloud which is very user friendly for around $200 AUD. Over the years I've upgraded to Qnap where you throw any budget you might have and times it by 10.

Samsung had an offer years ago buy a phone get 50GB free Dropbox data free for 2 years don't know if thats still around but they try to make you pay after the period.

If you only want to back up photos flickr was recommended to me years ago 1TB free data.

**DrB0b** · 24-11-2016, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

2 people on the same network using 2 dropbox account can basically fucked up your whole internet connection

Eh? Where and when do you live, Rwanda 1989? Does your internet connection look this?

**Sumbitch** · 24-11-2016, 11:37 AM

^ yeah, upload speed would be important.

**Dragonfly** · 25-11-2016, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Eh? Where and when do you live, Rwanda 1989? Does your internet connection look this?

you would be surprised DrB how dropbox can fuck up a network, even between 2 users, if they are busy with their files sync

upgrading to Fiber to solve the problem is like adding more RAMs to solve your virus problem

**Dragonfly** · 25-11-2016, 11:11 PM

definitely wanking material

War Games !!!

**harrybarracuda** · 26-11-2016, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Eh? Where and when do you live, Rwanda 1989? Does your internet connection look this?

you would be surprised DrB how dropbox can fuck up a network, even between 2 users, if they are busy with their files sync

upgrading to Fiber to solve the problem is like adding more RAMs to solve your virus problem

FFS Buttplug do a bit of research, it's not difficult.

https://www.dropbox.com/en/help/26

**Dragonfly** · 26-11-2016, 02:29 AM

you silly harry, limiting the bandwidth is the first thing you would usually do in such a setup,

but guess what, doesn't change a fucking thing, it's a fucking mess

and 300Mb install update for a silly sync app ? give me a fucking break

**TizMe** · 26-11-2016, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Eh? Where and when do you live, Rwanda 1989? Does your internet connection look this?

you would be surprised DrB how dropbox can fuck up a network, even between 2 users, if they are busy with their files sync

upgrading to Fiber to solve the problem is like adding more RAMs to solve your virus problem

Something else is wrong with your setup then.

I quite often use drop box just using my mobile phone for connection. And mobile phone internet here in PH is worse than 80% of all other countries..

I don't experience any problems like that and I have a 1TB account and move lots of data.

**Sumbitch** · 26-11-2016, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

and 300Mb install update for a silly sync app ?

How about a free chrome app to keep your cloud services in sync without duplication? From Wikipedia:

cloudHQ is a cloud provider of data synchronization and integration between multiple cloud services.[2] The company was founded in 2011 by current CEO Senad Dizdar and Selim Dizdar.[3]
The cloudHQ service uses automatic replication to copy data from one cloud service to another. The objective of cloudHQ is to provide data synchronization to companies for several purposes:

Sharing of files and data across multiple platforms
Integration between cloud services that do not offer integration
Create and maintain a centralized database of data from multiple cloud services
Project collaboration across multiple platforms
Backup of data to prevent data loss

It's brilliant and so easy to use. I keep only one set of files on my pc and use cloudHQ to keep them in sync between Dropbox and OneDrive. I have over 370 GB of files I want to keep current and cloudHQ couldn't sync two files in total.

I should say if you use free cloud apps, cloudHQ is free too. Their paid subscription is in the ballpark with Dropbox, Google Drive etc: https://blog.cloudhq.net/new-cloudhq...free-services/

**harrybarracuda** · 26-11-2016, 11:56 AM

Once again it seems Buttplug is offering advice on something he has no clue about.

**Dragonfly** · 26-11-2016, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by TizMe

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Eh? Where and when do you live, Rwanda 1989? Does your internet connection look this?

you would be surprised DrB how dropbox can fuck up a network, even between 2 users, if they are busy with their files sync

upgrading to Fiber to solve the problem is like adding more RAMs to solve your virus problem

Something else is wrong with your setup then.

I quite often use drop box just using my mobile phone for connection. And mobile phone internet here in PH is worse than 80% of all other countries..

I don't experience any problems like that and I have a 1TB account and move lots of data.

Dropbox Mobile is more economical, but have 2 different users with PCs on a network and it's a different story

it's a nomad solution, and that's how it was designed, so for one person on the road, it's great. But several people in the office, a complete disaster.

People are so stupid, it's scary

**Dragonfly** · 26-11-2016, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Once again it seems Buttplug is offering advice on something he has no clue about.

you are not very bright, aren't you

**harrybarracuda** · 26-11-2016, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Once again it seems Buttplug is offering advice on something he has no clue about.

you are not very bright, aren't you

And your English is pitiful.

**Dragonfly** · 26-11-2016, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Once again it seems Buttplug is offering advice on something he has no clue about.

you are not very bright, aren't you

And your English is pitiful.

just trying to follow your lead, you illiterate pom

**harrybarracuda** · 26-11-2016, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Once again it seems Buttplug is offering advice on something he has no clue about.

you are not very bright, aren't you

And your English is pitiful.

just trying to follow your lead, you illiterate pom

You're not very bright, are you?

**Dragonfly** · 27-11-2016, 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

You're not very bright, are you?

neither are you, sand cock boy

**Sumbitch** · 27-11-2016, 06:01 PM

There will be, NO FLAMING, NO ABUSE OR ANY NASTINESS tolerated in this section.

**Topper** · 27-11-2016, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by wjblaney

There will be, NO FLAMING, NO ABUSE OR ANY NASTINESS tolerated in this section.

LOL....

**Dragonfly** · 27-11-2016, 08:27 PM

how is sand cock boy an insult ? perfectly legitimate use of Harry big mouth in that sand pit

**Sumbitch** · 27-11-2016, 09:14 PM

OK, np. Please try to keep your squabbles technical in nature.

**TizMe** · 27-11-2016, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Originally Posted by TizMe

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Eh? Where and when do you live, Rwanda 1989? Does your internet connection look this?

you would be surprised DrB how dropbox can fuck up a network, even between 2 users, if they are busy with their files sync

upgrading to Fiber to solve the problem is like adding more RAMs to solve your virus problem

Something else is wrong with your setup then.

I quite often use drop box just using my mobile phone for connection. And mobile phone internet here in PH is worse than 80% of all other countries..

I don't experience any problems like that and I have a 1TB account and move lots of data.

Dropbox Mobile is more economical, but have 2 different users with PCs on a network and it's a different story

it's a nomad solution, and that's how it was designed, so for one person on the road, it's great. But several people in the office, a complete disaster.

People are so stupid, it's scary

I didn't say that I was using Dropbox Mobile. (Although I do also..)
I sometimes just use my mobile for the internet connection, but have2 laptops, one Mac and one Windoze, as well as my iPad tethered to the phone.

They might all be actively uploading, & downloading, sharing data between each other.

I haven't noticed any problem.

**thailazer** · 27-11-2016, 11:14 PM

I do monthly back-ups using an external drive and SuperDuper. SuperDuper gives you a bootable image and when my MacBook hard drive died three years ago, I was back up and running quickly with the same desktop and files. One cool thing is you can turn on a back up from years ago and see what icons and current stuff you were into at the time. If you have a Mac, SuperDuper is indispensible.

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