[Hidden-tech] Online backup for video production

[Stefan Gonick]

A little more about open files...

There are programs that we keep open all the time, but the changes 
aren't that frequent.
For instance, I keep my client records in a Filemaker database that I 
always keep open,
but it only gets updated maybe 5 or 6 times during the day.

This is a very important database as you can imagine, but it would 
never be backed up
with certain back up services. It turns out that the majority of 
services that I looked at
now back up open files. Backblaze is one of the few that doesn't.

I just signed up with SOS for 3 years, and it came out to $43 per 
year with unlimited storage.
This was using the PC Mag discount link. It was a great deal.

Stefan

At 07:33 PM 10/12/2014, you wrote:
>As Chris mentioned, a major factor in upload speed will be your 
>local service's upstream capacity. In your research, consider if the 
>service lets you ship hard drives to seed the backups. Amazon offers 
>this so any service that uses S3 or Glacier for actual storage 
>should offer this.
>
>Stefan mentioned a concern over backing up open files. Many backup 
>apps transfer the entire file, not just changes. Email data files 
>such as Outlook's change constantly while open, so it would be 
>inefficient to transfer that file while it's in use. At very least, 
>there's great risk of corruption should a file end up partially sync'd.
>
>Unless explicitly mentioned by a service, it's probably the case 
>that they won't transfer open files either.
>
>I second the Drobo option for new setups: high capacity and easy to 
>expand. Your current RAID setup probably serves the same purpose. 
>Offsite backup is important, though. Perhaps occasionally shipping 
>drives off to Amazon S3 with per-project/client data might satisfy that need.
>
>
>
>On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Stefan Gonick 
><<mailto:stefan at databasewebworks.com>stefan at databasewebworks.com> wrote:
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>Hey Everyone,
>
>I did some more research and found a service that looks good: SOS 
>Online Backup.
>They have unlimited storage, fast upload, backs up open files, and they got an
>Editor's Choice award at PC Mag. In fact, PC Mag has a link in their 
>review that gets
>you 25% off.
>
><http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371307,00.asp>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371307,00.asp
>
>It looks good!
>Stefan
>
>At 08:28 AM 10/12/2014, you wrote:
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>>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:
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>>><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.
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>>>On 10/11/2014 8:41 AM, Sven Kielhorn wrote:
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>>>>Good morning all,
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>>>>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
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>>>>eTown Videos
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