Thank you for all the quick responses. I'll look into CrashPlan some more. I see my distro has a package for it, but I don't think my NAS will work with it as seamlessly as the rsync and web host provided backup server I have currently. VPS is just a tad pricey and limiting with transfer caps. As suggested, ideally I would have another server in an off-site location, which would probably the cheapest solution too. I used to run Linux on a small Shuttlebox running SSH and web services years ago in a different city with family until Comcast barked about running servers on a res line (not sure if they still care about this). Decisions, planning, and more decisions... -- Jeremy MountainJohnson Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Josh Trutwin <josh at trutwins.homeip.net> wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list