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Hitch · 01-05-2021, 08:17 AM

Hey, gang:

My rant is at the end, so...feel free to ignore this next bit. Question? Does anyone here know of a service, like Carbonite, let's say, that allows for cloud-to-cloud backups (think MultCloud), rather than direct uploads from the specific computer/server, and also has harddrive/physical media disaster recovery?

The reason I ask is, I have nearly 2TB of data to back up. I live rurally, which means that the nearest lockbox or bank box location is a 35mi RT. Making a backup and keeping it in my home is all well and good, but it won't save my ass in case of a Fire. We have the vast bulk of the company data on Dropbox (for this reason) but I just replaced my 2T RAIDS with 6T Raids and had to reinstall DB (didn't have a slot in which I could simply copy the drive over, unfortunately) and it took 12 DAYS to redownload/synch the DB data. And that's the FAST direction, down. For upload? I mean, FUHGEDDABOUDIT.

I use Multcloud, which means I could put a copy of the DB data on Amazon S-3, or GDrive, etc., but in case of a loss, we're back to...yup, 12 days for recovery.

I tried looking at Backblaze, but they are ixnay on the C2C. They do mirrors and again, no matter how "mirror-y" you get, that's a lotta data to put through a slow pipe.

Ideas? Other than the dreaded, backup to my 6TB external drives and drive that sucker to the bank? I figured if anybody in the Nerd Herd here would know, it would be one of youse guys. :-)

(Rant: is there some reason the Backblaze guy had to act as though I was thinking of sacrificing babies, when I asked about C2C instead of mirroring? I mean, really????)

Hitch

01-05-2021, 08:17 AM	#782
Hitch Bookmaker & Cat Slave Posts: 11,503 Karma: 158448243 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Device: K2, iPad, KFire, PPW, Voyage, NookColor. 2 Droid, Oasis, Boox Note2	Hey, gang: My rant is at the end, so...feel free to ignore this next bit. Question? Does anyone here know of a service, like Carbonite, let's say, that allows for cloud-to-cloud backups (think MultCloud), rather than direct uploads from the specific computer/server, and also has harddrive/physical media disaster recovery? The reason I ask is, I have nearly 2TB of data to back up. I live rurally, which means that the nearest lockbox or bank box location is a 35mi RT. Making a backup and keeping it in my home is all well and good, but it won't save my ass in case of a Fire. We have the vast bulk of the company data on Dropbox (for this reason) but I just replaced my 2T RAIDS with 6T Raids and had to reinstall DB (didn't have a slot in which I could simply copy the drive over, unfortunately) and it took 12 DAYS to redownload/synch the DB data. And that's the FAST direction, down. For upload? I mean, FUHGEDDABOUDIT. I use Multcloud, which means I could put a copy of the DB data on Amazon S-3, or GDrive, etc., but in case of a loss, we're back to...yup, 12 days for recovery. I tried looking at Backblaze, but they are ixnay on the C2C. They do mirrors and again, no matter how "mirror-y" you get, that's a lotta data to put through a slow pipe. Ideas? Other than the dreaded, backup to my 6TB external drives and drive that sucker to the bank? I figured if anybody in the Nerd Herd here would know, it would be one of youse guys. :-) (Rant: is there some reason the Backblaze guy had to act as though I was thinking of sacrificing babies, when I asked about C2C instead of mirroring? I mean, really????) Hitch