Online Backup Alternative - Backblaze

[Karlos Santos]

I actually dropped Dropbox on account of it being more syncing and less backup, but thanks for hocking up what I said like an ageing blob of phlegm, spambot.
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edit - spambot's been disappeared already

So what you using now mate... I was using DropBox as a subsitute for iDisk which will be dead next year.

iDisk is great. Im pissed its going.

Why did u drop dropbox? you can backup to it. Interested to know your perspective.

[photojojo]

Looking at backblaze it seems pretty reasonable at $90 for two years. I haven't gone through any fine print yet though.

[Karlos Santos]

Just installed the Demo off BackBlaze. Dont really like the preference box of what "Not to backup" id rather have a "What to Back Up" cus theres only a few things i want backing up.

I have Time Machine for my main backup. I just want easy quick day to day back up of my Traktor Collection, Playlists, emails etc.

Hmm. Not sure.

[Xonetacular]

I'm not sure I trust a lot of these after seeing the BS with Backify and now it sounds like these types of things shut down and close left and right. http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38593

[smiTTTen]

I had Backblzae before signing up for Gypify. In fact I kept the subscription just in case. They just recently released a version 2 with some improvements to the control panel and general configuration. I pay $20/month for 4 systems/unlimited storage.

Karlos: you are right about the exclude feature, its a pain in the arse. Also, if you run a dual/multiboot system it will only exclude the system files on the current partition meaning you have to go in and manual add the Windows folders on the other partitions. Like most of these systems they don't allow network drive locations but they do allow USB drives which is something Carbonite doesn't (or didn't).

I have had to restore a couple of individual files (the lost mp3 of Da Rude's remix of Rhythm of the Night by Corona) and it's painless.They also offer the ability to get a restore done to DVD or external drive and have it shipped to you (for a small fortune).

Anyway, my S4 machine was happily backing up at 1700KB/sec most of the day while only mildly crippling the network.