10 Cloud Storage and Backup Services |
The company that was storing our backups online was always a little flakey and recently the scripts just started failing altogether. Time to find a new backup service methinks.
Since I first looked at backup online the market has changed a lot. It's now called "cloud storage" for starters, and the number of companies providing competing services has ballooned.
Here is a quick comparison a few key players on the market, and the monthly cost of storing 100GB of backups. The server being backed up is running Ubuntu, so the last column shows how the backups are run. Rsync is our preferred method.
10 Cloud Storage and Backup Services| Company | Plan (GB) | Monthly Price | Sync / Backup method |
|---|---|---|---|
| iDrive | 150 | $4.12 | custom scripts |
| SkyDrive | 100 | $4.16 | |
| Google Drive | 100 | $4.99 | |
| Amazon S3 | 100 | $9 | local mount + rsync |
| iBackup | 150 | $9.95 | rsync |
| Dropbox | 100 | $9.99 | |
| Box.com | 1000 | $15 | local mount + rsync |
| StrongSpace | 200 | $18.99 | rsync |
| rsync.net | 100 | $32 | rsync |
| iWeb | 100 | $40 |
Although idrive don't have rsync, they do have good support and documentation for linux. We've signed up and so far the testing is going pretty well. The popular services looked a little frustrating to use for backup as they are more geared towards sharing and collaboration.
If you have any other recommendations for cloud-based backup, just drop them in a comment below.
About Roger Keays
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Roger Keays is an artist, an engineer, and a student of life. He has no fixed address and has left footprints on 40-something different countries around the world. Roger is addicted to surfing. His other interests are music, psychology, languages, the proper use of semicolons, and finding good food. |
