free online backup sites...

[tmc]

i am looking at free sites for online backup. would be helpful if you share your experience on which sites are good.

xdrive
mediamax
orbitfiles

basically i am looking for about 5gb of storage (more is nice). unlimited bandwidth would be nice. so looks like xdrive is a nice option.

any suggestions? thanks.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

free + online backup = unreliable

i use www.rsync.net

 

[RossMAN]

I use Steadfast.net off-site backup for my hosting accounts, 20GB for $99/yr.

 

[ForumMaster]

i agree with lilcam. those sites sometimes lose your files and whatnot. since they have no obligation (you're not paying them) they don't have to make sure your files remain safe.

 

[ultimatebob]

Personally, I'd just use the GMail Drive application for GMail instead. They give you a fairly reliable 5.5GB of space, and you can always make multiple accounts if needed.

 

[dartworth]

backup and free shouldn't be used in the same sentence...

 

[archcommus]

Amazon S3, very reliable and only 15 cents per GB per month used.

However, you'll also need a way to connect to it reliably. I use JungleDisk which was only $20 and works very well.

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Personally, I'd just use the GMail Drive application for GMail instead. They give you a fairly reliable 5.5GB of space, and you can always make multiple accounts if needed.

isn't there the problamatic 10MB attachment limit? that's what i remember from way back when i used it once.

 

[Miramonti]

The Google Storage plans are very appealing, altho I'm just not comfortable with them rummaging thru all my sh!t.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: jjsole
The Google Storage plans are very appealing, altho I'm just not comfortable with them rummaging thru all my sh!t.

Personally I am much more comfortable with Amazon holding my data in a bucket/blob type system than I am with Google holding it accessible much more easily. Plus Amazon S3 is cheaper than every tier of Google's offering:

10 GB for $20/year for Google, for Amazon this would be 15 cents/GB/month, or $18/year.
40 GB for $75/year for Google, for Amazon this would be 15 cents/GB/month, or $72/year.

Granted, for Amazon you must also pay 10 cents/GB uploaded, so that could make it work out to the same or even a few bucks more, but still, as you said, Google will rummage through your data surely, Amazon will not.