[Hidden-tech] Online backup for video production

Stefan Gonick stefan at DatabaseWebWorks.com
Sun Oct 12 11:35:52 EDT 2014


This thread inspired me to research different options for online backup.

I read that people really liked Crash Plan in general except for the 
upload speed.

The one serious issue with Backblaze that I discovered is that it 
doesn't back up
open files. This can be a big problem in the following way:

I have certain programs open all the time: Outlook, Quickbooks, Evernote, and
Filemaker Pro. This means that Backblaze would never back up their files even
though they are the ones that are changing the most and have the most critical
need for back up.

This is a dilemma. I liked everything else that I read about 
Backblaze except for
that issue. Crash Plan and other services do back up open files.

If you are mainly concerned with backing up video files, then this 
wouldn't be a
problem. If you are like me with certain programs open all the time, this could
be an issue for you.

Stefan

At 08:28 AM 10/12/2014, you wrote:

>The biggest issue that you're going to have is with having enough 
>upstream bandwidth in order to back up all that you need to 
>overnight. Because you're not going to want to have cloud backup 
>running during the day because it will hinder your productivity. So 
>that means scheduling it to start after business hours.  And if you 
>have several workstations to back up, or have the data from several 
>users on one server, that's going to take a lot of bandwidth. What's 
>the upstream bandwidth of your Internet connection currently?
>
>Backblaze is my favorite cloud backup service. $5/month for unlimited data.
>
>Previously CrashPlan was my favorite. But I found that their 
>Java-based software is very slow and becomes downright  problematic 
>when backing up a large quantity of files. For example,when my 
>clients would have 4 GB or more to be packed up the software with 
>frequently lose track of what it was doing. And CrashPlan support 
>couldn't always fix it
>
>That's when I switched to backblaze at my home office and at several 
>clients offices and have been very happy.
>
>Chris Hart
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>On Oct 11, 2014, at 6:27 PM, David Korpiewski 
><<mailto:davidk at cs.umass.edu>davidk at cs.umass.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>><http://Crashplan.com>Crashplan.com   It has unlimited data storage 
>>for 5 bucks a month.  There is a business plan available too but I 
>>don't know how much that costs.  I know a few businesses that 
>>signed up for the "personal" or "family plan" and are backing up 
>>several hundreds of gigabytes.
>>
>>
>>
>>On 10/11/2014 8:41 AM, Sven Kielhorn wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Good morning all,
>>>
>>>As a video production company we have rather large file and 
>>>project back ups needs. A conversation about cloud backup quickly 
>>>includes several TBs per work station. Currently we use a system 
>>>which includes external drives with RAID arrays.
>>>
>>>Does anyone have any thoughts on affordable online backup up solutions?
>>>---
>>>thank you
>>>
>>>Sven Kielhorn
>>>
>>>Creative & Marketing Director
>>>
>>>eTown Videos
>>>
>>>P <tel:413-324-1130>413-324-1130
>>>
>>><http://www.etownvideos.com>www.etownvideos.com
>>>
>>>
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