Re: Re: Cloud backup/archiving?

[Vargster <vargster@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michalak,

How are you finding OnlineStorageSolution lately?

After reading your email, I thought the price was excellent, but after some
hunting I can only find a couple of reviews and they both say that the
service started off fine but is now down a lot of the time. Which isn't so
good.

I'd be interested to hear more of your recent experiences of them.

Cheers,
Lee


On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 10:17 PM, jabberwockpl <
jaroslaw.michalak@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> I have just setup my own cloud backup solution, so I can give you a
short,
> but very subjective review. Your mileage might vary and probably will.
>
> I have been looking for an inexpensive backup solution for quite some
time.
> I was particularly interested in WebDAV support, as my router
(Fritz!Box - a
> great automation companion) already supports it and my NAS (DNS-323)
soon
> will.
>
> Unfortunately, none of the services looked ideal. I decided to have a
look
> at three services: MemoPal, Carbonite and OpenDrive (price was
decisive
> factor, I must admit).
>
> First I tried Carbonite - it has a trial period. Unfortunately, their
app
> did not install at all and support did not respond in a reasonable
time.
>
> Then I had a look at OpenDrive. It looked good, although also limited
to
> their app. Unfortunately, I could not make it to work in an automated
> fashion (using SyncbackSE). Manual syncing was out of question,
naturally.
> Also, the Home plan offered 100 GB - my backup files do not exceed the
size,
> but at 60 GB they are not really that far - in a year a lot of data
can be
> produced (home files, photos, two small companies' data).
>
> So I settled for MemoPal. It worked fine in the beginning and I
purchased a
> year plan (200 GB for 49 Euros). It supports WebDAV, too.
>
> Their backup app worked fine... until I pointed my network drive. No
such
> luck! It flatly refused to acknowledge the fact. Nothing was backed
up. Then
> I tried SyncbackSE with WebDAV... Error after error. I went back to
the site
> and read the whole WebDAV FAQ - it turns out that it supports
read-only! No
> way to backup with WebDAV.
>
> The fine and nice folks from MemoPal offered to fix my problems in a
remote
> connection session. After an hour and a half (I must admit I was a
pretty
> difficult client - Windows with a swapped shell, no desktop, all
programs
> run from FARR - the poor guy could not make heads or tails of my
system)
> they gave up and generously offered to provide a refund.
>
> I went searching again and came up with OnlineStorageSolution. I was
rather
> wary in the beginning, as it looked too good to be true - unlimited
(yes,
> you read that right!) storage for USD 29, FTP/WebDAV/rsync access, but
no
> trial...
>
> I took the plunge and I must say I am cautiously optimistic -
SyncBackSE
> happily backs up my files to FTP (it would even better if I had given
it
> right settings!) for the last two days and I did not have any issues
with
> it.
>
> Of course, I will be able to do a better review of the service in
about a
> year. The reviews I have found online are usually good, but not overly
> enthusiastic (they praise mostly the price). We will see...
>
> Oops... it was not that short after all...
>
>
>


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