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So I worked for Carbonite back in 2016 for almost a year. About 2 weeks after training I found myself wondering what they'd do in the face of everyone and thei

So I worked for Carbonite back in 2016 for almost a year. About 2 weeks after training I found myself wondering what they'd do in the face of everyone and their mother offering "free storage" which while completely different than secure backup sounds like the same thing to the layperson. Towards the end of my year there most of my calls (yeah I was customer support on the consumer level) were from seniors who didn't know how it worked but were told they needed to have it. It was an interesting if frustrating job. You can look on Glass Door for various stories or check the papers in Maine for how they billed themselves as creating jobs even after they outsourced the consumer biz to Jamaica. That I saw coming but didn't acknowledge out of fear of losing my job. Oh well. They still canned me a week before Christmas. This sale doesn't surprise me nor does the idea that OpenText will gut then sell it. Sour grapes and all they had to know this was where they'd end up sooner or later. Whatevs. I used Crashplan now.

duxup 7y ago
>I used Crashplan now. Do you pay for their business plan? They killed their consumer plans a while back and told me to go to Carbonite. I was a bit bummed by that as I liked CrashPlan's client. I went to Backblaze instead, not a fan of their backup client though.
- changterhune 7y ago
  Uhhh remind me to check up on my Crashplan backup. (FACEPALM)
- changterhune 7y ago
  I have to see which works best for Apple anyway. I think Backblaze is best for that.
  - lambda_tango 7y ago
    Backblaze personal backup used to only keep files for 30 days from your last activity, although I see they now let you keep old files for a year, for an extra $2/month. Personally, I use Arq Backup and Backblaze B2 (their “real” cloud storage). Arq is a one-time paid app that does differential encrypted backups to your choice of local storage or cloud provider. Keeping 1TB of backups cost me around $5 per month, and the files won’t disappear on me if my computer stops working for a month. https://www.arqbackup.com/ https://www.arqbackup.com/
    - balladeer 7y ago
      If anyone looking to try it but wants something open source for a client, have a look at http://restic.net http://restic.net. Been using it to backup V MO to B2 for over a year now. Also, Arq is “one time buy” just for one version apparently.
      - vivid_truth 7y ago
        I've discovered Restic while playing with Golang, looks pretty neat. Have you had any issues with stability or corruption of your data? what are you using for encryption (if any?) thanks in advance.
        allset_ 7y ago
        Restic backs up my NAS to B2 without issue. I don't have a file set that changes much though, but it includes backup verification via `restic check`
        vivid_truth 7y ago
        Sounds good, I will def give it a go! (no pun intended) :)
    - skinnymuch 7y ago
      That seems much cheaper than S3. I assume even Glacier isn’t that much cheaper per month and a pain to pay to take files out.
  - fnordprefect 7y ago
    BackBlaze by far - I moved from CrashPlan when they screwed their consumer offering. BackBlaze has a stable client (even though it lives in system extensions) that uses fewer resources, as opposed to the buggy POS that is CrashPlan. IIRC CP client is Java, BB is native. BackBlaze's restore is far more robust (I got timeouts trying to restore large files from CP) and more intuitive.
    - balladeer 7y ago
      Currently I neither use Backblaze or CrashPlan but restore was one of the few features (among other features like CP’s excellent versioning) where CP beat BB hands down. Heck, the last time I checked BB didn’t even let you restore using the client. You had to download the files from the portal and then put it somewhere yourself. I am not sure it has changed now. While CP’s was so seamless that it would just restore your files in the background wherever you wanted - at their original location or elsewhere. It worked so well. Yes, BB Java app was (is?) indeed a POS.
- krazyk8s 7y ago
  They may not be marketing towards consumers anymore, but they will happily sell a $10/mo single PC license like before. I've been using them at home for sometime.
  - secabeen 7y ago
    Yeah, that's okay, but I have a lot of small family devices that need backup, but not a lot of backups. I don't want to pay $10/mo to backup my mom's desktop and the 15GB of data in her user profile. Crashplan had a family plan that handled that use case. I ended up switching to iDrive, which has a 5TB limit, but which also allows for unlimited clients within that 5TB.
  - duxup 7y ago
    Yeah but if you have a family that gets out of hand fast.
- UI_at_80x24 7y ago
  You might want to look at tarsnap then.
- matwood 7y ago
  You can try ARQ with Backblaze b2.
- dplgk 7y ago
  I switched to SpiderOak - it's not good and/or doesn't work and/or is very slow. Now switching again to Duplicacy which is just a backup app and you choose your storage option(s). I really enjoy the control that you have over its behavior.
dullroar 7y ago
Yup, Crashplan. I pay for the small biz option, but that let's me back up the machines I need to backup. AND, I have restored a total of three different machines from Crashplan over the years, and it "just works." I am a fan.

duxup 7y ago

>I used Crashplan now. Do you pay for their business plan? They killed their consumer plans a while back and told me to go to Carbonite. I was a bit bummed by that as I liked CrashPlan's client. I went to Backblaze instead, not a fan of their backup client though.

changterhune 7y ago
Uhhh remind me to check up on my Crashplan backup. (FACEPALM)
changterhune 7y ago
I have to see which works best for Apple anyway. I think Backblaze is best for that.
- lambda_tango 7y ago
  Backblaze personal backup used to only keep files for 30 days from your last activity, although I see they now let you keep old files for a year, for an extra $2/month. Personally, I use Arq Backup and Backblaze B2 (their “real” cloud storage). Arq is a one-time paid app that does differential encrypted backups to your choice of local storage or cloud provider. Keeping 1TB of backups cost me around $5 per month, and the files won’t disappear on me if my computer stops working for a month. https://www.arqbackup.com/ https://www.arqbackup.com/
  - balladeer 7y ago
    If anyone looking to try it but wants something open source for a client, have a look at http://restic.net http://restic.net. Been using it to backup V MO to B2 for over a year now. Also, Arq is “one time buy” just for one version apparently.
    - vivid_truth 7y ago
      I've discovered Restic while playing with Golang, looks pretty neat. Have you had any issues with stability or corruption of your data? what are you using for encryption (if any?) thanks in advance.
      - allset_ 7y ago
        Restic backs up my NAS to B2 without issue. I don't have a file set that changes much though, but it includes backup verification via `restic check`
        vivid_truth 7y ago
        Sounds good, I will def give it a go! (no pun intended) :)
  - skinnymuch 7y ago
    That seems much cheaper than S3. I assume even Glacier isn’t that much cheaper per month and a pain to pay to take files out.
- fnordprefect 7y ago
  BackBlaze by far - I moved from CrashPlan when they screwed their consumer offering. BackBlaze has a stable client (even though it lives in system extensions) that uses fewer resources, as opposed to the buggy POS that is CrashPlan. IIRC CP client is Java, BB is native. BackBlaze's restore is far more robust (I got timeouts trying to restore large files from CP) and more intuitive.
  - balladeer 7y ago
    Currently I neither use Backblaze or CrashPlan but restore was one of the few features (among other features like CP’s excellent versioning) where CP beat BB hands down. Heck, the last time I checked BB didn’t even let you restore using the client. You had to download the files from the portal and then put it somewhere yourself. I am not sure it has changed now. While CP’s was so seamless that it would just restore your files in the background wherever you wanted - at their original location or elsewhere. It worked so well. Yes, BB Java app was (is?) indeed a POS.
krazyk8s 7y ago
They may not be marketing towards consumers anymore, but they will happily sell a $10/mo single PC license like before. I've been using them at home for sometime.
- secabeen 7y ago
  Yeah, that's okay, but I have a lot of small family devices that need backup, but not a lot of backups. I don't want to pay $10/mo to backup my mom's desktop and the 15GB of data in her user profile. Crashplan had a family plan that handled that use case. I ended up switching to iDrive, which has a 5TB limit, but which also allows for unlimited clients within that 5TB.
- duxup 7y ago
  Yeah but if you have a family that gets out of hand fast.
UI_at_80x24 7y ago
You might want to look at tarsnap then.
matwood 7y ago
You can try ARQ with Backblaze b2.
dplgk 7y ago
I switched to SpiderOak - it's not good and/or doesn't work and/or is very slow. Now switching again to Duplicacy which is just a backup app and you choose your storage option(s). I really enjoy the control that you have over its behavior.

dullroar 7y ago

Yup, Crashplan. I pay for the small biz option, but that let's me back up the machines I need to backup. AND, I have restored a total of three different machines from Crashplan over the years, and it "just works." I am a fan.