# Good Backup Solution? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 10, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396 "2012-02-10T09:58:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/1 "2012-02-10T09:58:11Z")
I’m looking for a backup solution for my wife’s work laptop (W7). Her important files are already backed up regularly as they are shared with her staff via dropbox pro. I would like to be able to do backups for her system and other files that aren’t shared however. I’ve never really set up something like this as I just use RAID arrays at home. I was thinking something like a 1TB external and some type of software to perform differential backups on a regular basis? Would also be open to paying for something hosted but haven’t found something that I don’t think will be too expensive. I’d estimate she has about 100-200GB of data that I’d like to BU. TIA ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/2 "2012-02-10T10:14:18Z")
One of those Windows home servers they’re cheap… [http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?nm\_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm\_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-](http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-)_-cables-_-na-\_-na&SID=u0t0f0fp68674dd0c0s701&AID=10440897&PID=1225267&ItemList=Combo.830555 Something like that with a bigger drive ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/3 "2012-02-10T10:30:43Z")
Carbonite? ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/4 "2012-02-10T11:08:22Z")
The only hesitance I have with hosted is things like the outlook.pst file that are huge, and change all the time. If its constantly backing that file up its going to hog bandwidth like its no ones business. Would be easier to do locally. All of her actual client data is already doing that via dropbox, I’m mostly just worried about the OS / email if she drops it in a puddle or something. LZ - You suggesting I set up a server, and work off that? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/5 "2012-02-10T11:35:49Z")
[http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/windows-home-server](http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/windows-home-server) We’ve started playing with this in the office and I’m very impressed if you’ve got multiple computers on your home network you want to backup. For a single station it’s probably cheaper to pick up a removable drive with enough capacity and backup software to automate the backup. I use Backup Exec System Recovery by Symantec here at work. My desktop died a few months ago and I just dropped a new one in, popped in the recovery disk, and was right back to the night before a couple hours later. It even restored my OS onto different hardware, since the replacement box was a bit newer. We did have to call MS to have them re-authorize my windows key for the new hardware. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/6 "2012-02-10T11:39:11Z")
walter a lot of places sell a small server with HDs with Microsoft home server already installed Everything is really easy to setup plug it in, set it up, and forget. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/7 "2012-02-10T11:45:07Z")
Hrm, interesting. Will have to look in to it. Only two (three if you count the extra laptop) computers in her office right now, may be worth it though. I wonder if its just cheaper to change to use that as a file server as well, although we do like having access to the files from anywhere, I guess I could set up a VPN or something like that to access files remotely? I would think if I did that, I’d want the server to have a RAID array at least no? No sense having two single point failures. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/8 "2012-02-10T11:48:15Z")
Yeah, you’re sort opening a can of worms here. However, I can say that I would not trust Dropbox with my business files. A little investment can go a long way. Just make sure it’s manageable. Set it and forget systems still need to be regularly updated and maintained at some level. Even if it’s just a few hours per month. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/9 "2012-02-10T11:53:34Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > Yeah, you’re sort opening a can of worms here. However, I can say that I would not trust Dropbox with my business files. A little investment can go a long way. Just make sure it’s manageable. Set it and forget systems still need to be regularly updated and maintained at some level. Even if it’s just a few hours per month. We’ve been very happy with dropbox, we aren’t using the free version. It also provides lots of great options for sharing individual files or directories with clients as well. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/10 "2012-02-10T11:55:45Z")
To each his own, just be careful when using cloud solutions for data you care about. Shit happens and they will hang you out to dry. [http://planet10tech.com/2011/06/dropbox-left-open-for-4-hours/](http://planet10tech.com/2011/06/dropbox-left-open-for-4-hours/) ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/11 "2012-02-10T11:57:50Z")
Everything important I put on Dropbox I truecrypt encrypt ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/12 "2012-02-10T11:59:20Z")
Yeah that seems to be the recommendation of several sources. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/13 "2012-02-10T12:08:06Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > To each his own, just be careful when using cloud solutions for data you care about. Shit happens and they will hang you out to dry. > > [http://planet10tech.com/2011/06/dropbox-left-open-for-4-hours/](http://planet10tech.com/2011/06/dropbox-left-open-for-4-hours/) You probably should unplug your ethernet cable when not at home and use your tin-foil hat to cover the end while you’re away. :shrug: ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/14 "2012-02-10T12:20:38Z")
Call me paranoid, but since I’ve started working in IT security my views on a lot things have really changed. Just trying to give you a heads up. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/15 "2012-02-10T12:40:36Z")
When places says “Trust us we encrypt everything” I run :lol: ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/16 "2012-02-10T12:41:59Z")
I have all my data safely backed up on [megaupload.com](http://megaupload.com)… ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/17 "2012-02-10T13:42:13Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > I have all my data safely backed up on [megaupload.com](http://megaupload.com)… :bigtup::biglol: ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/18 "2012-02-14T09:13:01Z")
What are your thoughts on doing something like a Synology NAS in RAID instead of the home server? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/19 "2012-02-14T09:16:49Z")
Same difference I only suggested the home server because its designed to make back up easy… I’m sure there is some simple/free/cheap backup software available then just mount the NAS over the network. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396/20 "2012-02-14T09:43:39Z")
NAS is a good solution in my opinion…I need to get off my ass and do the same. Damn hard drives are just so expensive right now. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-backup-solution/220396.md?page=2)