Another vote for crashplan. Has many useful features. I use it backup my parent's computer to my home file server. Another thing I do with my file server is I use a RAID-1 array and got a 3rd drive. Every few months I swap one of the drives and take the one back to work with me. Josh On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:10:46 -0600 Jeff Jensen <jjensen at apache.org> wrote: > Hi Jeremy! > > I recently evaluated this too, and chose CrashPlan.com. Key reasons > include so many supported platforms, the software is free (only pay > to backup to their cloud), can backup to peers for free (including > your buddy's computer located elsewhere or local attached storage), > and their cloud plans are either a cheap 10G or the rest are > unlimited data amounts. Plus they're a local MN company (and I have > professional acquaintance of at least one person working there, so I > know it's a reasonable place). > > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Jeremy MountainJohnson > <jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I was wondering if anyone could recommend some off-site backup > > solutions for home users that are Linux friendly? I currently get > > some free, very throttled, backup space through a web host that I > > may leave soon if I can find a cheaper alternative. Currently I > > use SFTP (SSH) with rsync and encfs (like mcrypt but folder level > > via FUSE). So basically I would need to be able to mount the > > storage in Linux (sole web interfaces are not an option). I need > > about 50 GB with future growth of up to around 250 GB (probably > > the absolute max I would need). > > > > Any thoughts or suggestions? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Jeremy MountainJohnson > > Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >