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Notable competitor: Arq (https://www.arqbackup.com/ https://www.arqbackup.com/). Part of the reason I prefer Arq is that there's no monthly fees on the tool its

by Zaheer 8y ago

Notable competitor: Arq (https://www.arqbackup.com/ https://www.arqbackup.com/). Part of the reason I prefer Arq is that there's no monthly fees on the tool itself. I own my backup data wherever I choose to send it to (S3, Google Cloud, etc).

mholt 8y ago
Yes! Arq was one part of inspiration for Relica. However, we wanted something more accessible for our non-technical family members. Also, Relica can back up to multiple cloud services with just a single upload of your data, whereas I believe with Arq it's one upload per cloud destination, lending itself to up to 5x faster backups. This is through our Relica Cloud destination which is optional for all users. Relica technically already supports "bring your own cloud" (your own S3, Google Cloud, SFTP, etc - many others) but is still undocumented as we finish its implementation in the UI. And your Relica membership can be made essentially free if you refer just a few people each year.
cpach 8y ago
As an Arq user I don’t trust it anymore after it suddenly ceased to show my old backups in the GUI.
- locacorten 8y ago
  Can you provide more details? I'm also an Arq user and haven't noticed any problems.
- sreitshamer 8y ago
  I'd love to know more about this too (I'm the lead developer on Arq). Please email support@arqbackup.com with details if you don't want to post here. Thank you!
  - cpach 8y ago
    I have already mailed you. There was no fix unfortunately.
    - sreitshamer 8y ago
      OK. I found your email from Sep 2017, using Arq 4 and Amazon Cloud Drive. There was a problem with Arq deleting more old backup records than you expected, but without more information about what had happened in the previous year I couldn't figure out why it wasn't doing what you expected.
Brajeshwar 8y ago
Love Arq. Been using it for a very very long time. Just stays hidden and backups everything I added.

by Zaheer 8y ago

mholt 8y ago

Yes! Arq was one part of inspiration for Relica. However, we wanted something more accessible for our non-technical family members. Also, Relica can back up to multiple cloud services with just a single upload of your data, whereas I believe with Arq it's one upload per cloud destination, lending itself to up to 5x faster backups. This is through our Relica Cloud destination which is optional for all users. Relica technically already supports "bring your own cloud" (your own S3, Google Cloud, SFTP, etc - many others) but is still undocumented as we finish its implementation in the UI. And your Relica membership can be made essentially free if you refer just a few people each year.

cpach 8y ago

As an Arq user I don’t trust it anymore after it suddenly ceased to show my old backups in the GUI.

locacorten 8y ago
Can you provide more details? I'm also an Arq user and haven't noticed any problems.
sreitshamer 8y ago
I'd love to know more about this too (I'm the lead developer on Arq). Please email support@arqbackup.com with details if you don't want to post here. Thank you!
- cpach 8y ago
  I have already mailed you. There was no fix unfortunately.
  - sreitshamer 8y ago
    OK. I found your email from Sep 2017, using Arq 4 and Amazon Cloud Drive. There was a problem with Arq deleting more old backup records than you expected, but without more information about what had happened in the previous year I couldn't figure out why it wasn't doing what you expected.

Brajeshwar 8y ago

Love Arq. Been using it for a very very long time. Just stays hidden and backups everything I added.