Comments on: Online backup: ruined by crap proprietary software

By: jason

jason — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:15:24 +0000

for backing up purposes you might give a try to Transferum ( http://www.transferum.com ). Use your own ftp script or client. They offer 1GB FTP Space for FREE. For a one time activation fee of $1 the free account comes with 2 great features, such as : it NEVER Expires and UNLIMITED Concurrent Parallel connections for uploading/downloading files.

You can give it a try.

By: superdrupermegapuper54321

superdrupermegapuper54321 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:27:41 +0000

superdrupermegapuper54321…

Very usefull info. Thanks!…

By: mojo-chan

mojo-chan — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:01:14 +0000

Thanks danm, that looks very interesting. At the moment it’s limited to US Amazon servers, which is a bit of a shame because current US laws suck (especially for foreigners) but the basic idea is excellent.

I might give it a go. S3 is quite cheap.

What ever happened to Google’s free online drive? Maybe it was just a rumour.

By: danm

danm — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:16:33 +0000

Dose any one try http://www.s3rsync.com ?
They claim to provide full Rsync on top of Amazon s3.
Is it relay work?

By: Curtis LaMasters

Curtis LaMasters — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:48:30 +0000

I use scheduled scripts to pick up all data from certain directories and ftp them to my web host. A friend of mine uses BlueHost and has a TB of drive space which is a crazy amount of data for a webhost. You could also use Amazon’s S3 service which would allow you to write your own upload program or use a few tools that they recommend. RSYNC would also be another possibility if you have a server somewhere other than your home. Just my 2 cents worth. I do understand where you are coming from though. I hate using crappy software and I also hate paying a lot for it. :) Websites that come to mind:

http://www.rsync.net
http://www.jungledisk.com
http://www.exavault.com