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eli1571 · « **on:** November 04, 2015, 12:20:20 PM »

Looking to backup my hard drives,

whats my best option for roughly 1 TB ?

is there any cloud service that i can upload from my desktop and then access from my android device ?

p.s. i have seen the amazon cloud option for $60 unlimited, trying to campare based on that.

Zalc · « **Reply #1 on:** November 04, 2015, 02:29:32 PM »

Quote from: eli1571 on November 04, 2015, 12:20:20 PM

Looking to backup my hard drives,

whats my best option for roughly 1 TB ?

is there any cloud service that i can upload from my desktop and then access from my android device ?

p.s. i have seen the amazon cloud option for $60 unlimited, trying to campare based on that.

Crashplan is very good.

You can do all the things you mentioned and more. See here

JoeyShmoe · « **Reply #2 on:** November 04, 2015, 02:52:18 PM »

Quote from: eli1571 on November 04, 2015, 12:20:20 PM

Looking to backup my hard drives,

whats my best option for roughly 1 TB ?

is there any cloud service that i can upload from my desktop and then access from my android device ?

p.s. i have seen the amazon cloud option for $60 unlimited, trying to campare based on that.

Funny that you ask, this article was posted today on Android Central on exactly this topic

Something Fishy · « **Reply #3 on:** November 04, 2015, 03:01:44 PM »

Quote from: Zalc on November 04, 2015, 02:29:32 PM

Crashplan is very good.

You can do all the things you mentioned and more. See here

I'm happy with Crashplan as well.

eli1571 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 04, 2015, 07:33:46 PM »

Thanx will check it out

ya · « **Reply #5 on:** November 04, 2015, 08:09:09 PM »

Quote from: eli1571 on November 04, 2015, 12:20:20 PM

Looking to backup my hard drives,

whats my best option for roughly 1 TB ?

is there any cloud service that i can upload from my desktop and then access from my android device ?

p.s. i have seen the amazon cloud option for $60 unlimited, trying to campare based on that.

MS office is $6.99 per month and it comes with 1T

eli1571 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 05, 2015, 09:24:39 AM »

Quote from: ya on November 04, 2015, 08:09:09 PM

MS office is $6.99 per month and it comes with 1T

Mobile access as well ?

ya · « **Reply #7 on:** November 05, 2015, 09:27:13 AM »

Quote from: eli1571 on November 05, 2015, 09:24:39 AM

Mobile access as well ?

Yes 1pc 1 tablet and 1 phone.
https://products.office.com/en-us/buy/compare-microsoft-office-products

aygart · « **Reply #8 on:** November 05, 2015, 11:03:48 AM »

Quote from: ya on November 04, 2015, 08:09:09 PM

MS office is $6.99 per month and it comes with 1T

One drive is not the same as backup. It will only upload the files in the Onedrive folder.

Quote from: eli1571 on November 04, 2015, 12:20:20 PM

p.s. i have seen the amazon cloud option for $60 unlimited, trying to campare based on that.

Do you only need to upload it manually or do you want it to automatically update? IINM you need 3rd party software to automatically upload to Amazon.

ya · « **Reply #9 on:** November 05, 2015, 11:22:16 AM »

Quote from: aygart on November 05, 2015, 11:03:48 AM

One drive is not the same as backup. It will only upload the files in the Onedrive folder.Do you only need to upload it manually or do you want it to automatically update? IINM you need 3rd party software to automatically upload to Amazon.

ctrl A + ctrl c + ctrl p You are right its not exactly what he is looking for but it does have alot of other benefits

aygart · « **Reply #10 on:** November 05, 2015, 11:40:37 AM »

Quote from: ya on November 05, 2015, 11:22:16 AM

ctrl A + ctrl c + ctrl p You are right its not exactly what he is looking for but it does have alot of other benefits

Which means that you need to do that each time you add or modify a file. It also means that you need double the space on your device since OneDrive will store them locally.

Yehuda25 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 05, 2015, 12:38:38 PM »

I love dropbox

Something Fishy · « **Reply #12 on:** November 05, 2015, 01:06:14 PM »

People here are mixing up file sharing and computer backup.

Dropbox, One Drive, et. al. Are for sharing files, and keeping them synced between devices. By default, the files are backed up to the cloud. But it's a. a very limited system (small space allowances, only sync a specific folder), and b. Completely manual (whatever you want backed up has to be copied into the watched folder).

What OP wants is a backup system. Unlimited (or tremendously high) storage space, complete system backup, and constant monitoring and syncing (incremental backup). For these he'd need Crashplan, Carbonite, or something like that.

JoeyShmoe · « **Reply #13 on:** November 05, 2015, 01:27:51 PM »

Quote from: Something Fishy on November 05, 2015, 01:06:14 PM

People here are mixing up file sharing and computer backup.

Dropbox, One Drive, et. al. Are for sharing files, and keeping them synced between devices. By default, the files are backed up to the cloud. But it's a. a very limited system (small space allowances, only sync a specific folder), and b. Completely manual (whatever you want backed up has to be copied into the watched folder).

What OP wants is a backup system. Unlimited (or tremendously high) storage space, complete system backup, and constant monitoring and syncing (incremental backup). For these he'd need Crashplan, Carbonite, or something like that.

Based on OPs requirement for him to be able to access it on Android I'm assuming that he wants the former, a file sharing and syncing with storage. If it was only a system backup like carbonite or the likes mobile sync wouldn't be a requirement IMHO.

Something Fishy · « **Reply #14 on:** November 05, 2015, 01:35:10 PM »

Quote from: JoeyShmoe on November 05, 2015, 01:27:51 PM

Based on OPs requirement for him to be able to access it on Android I'm assuming that he wants the former, a file sharing and syncing with storage. If it was only a system backup like carbonite or the likes mobile sync wouldn't be a requirement IMHO.

Wrong. He asked about 1TB - that's a full system backup. When I chose a backup company mobile access was important as well. In fact I can't think of a single big name in backup who doesn't have a full suite of apps

JoeyShmoe · « **Reply #15 on:** November 05, 2015, 01:40:57 PM »

Quote from: Something Fishy on November 05, 2015, 01:35:10 PM

Wrong. He asked about 1TB - that's a full system backup. When I chose a backup company mobile access was important as well. In fact I can't think of a single big name in backup who doesn't have a full suite of apps

I've never used a backup solution so I wouldn't know, this is news to me. For somebody that the majority of their files aren't images why would they need mobile access? (hypothetical, I have no clue what OP needs it for)

aygart · « **Reply #16 on:** November 05, 2015, 05:27:32 PM »

Quote from: JoeyShmoe on November 05, 2015, 01:40:57 PM

I've never used a backup solution so I wouldn't know, this is news to me. For somebody that the majority of their files aren't images why would they need mobile access? (hypothetical, I have no clue what OP needs it for)

If they want to always be able to access their docs and music

aygart · « **Reply #17 on:** November 05, 2015, 05:29:12 PM »

Quote from: Something Fishy on November 05, 2015, 01:06:14 PM

People here are mixing up file sharing and computer backup.

Dropbox, One Drive, et. al. Are for sharing files, and keeping them synced between devices. By default, the files are backed up to the cloud. But it's a. a very limited system (small space allowances, only sync a specific folder), and b. Completely manual (whatever you want backed up has to be copied into the watched folder).

You can use something like Microsoft SyncToy to have some folders automatically sync with the OneDrive or DropBox etc. folder, but that would mean that each file there is stored twice.

eli1571 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 05, 2015, 06:50:37 PM »

well i guess I might as well answer what I need, since I have lots of images that I constantly need to access, plus pdf files, and I'm rarely by a computer so I want to upload it, so that I can access it anytime, and at the same time have it backed up.
Uploading manually is not a problem as I would upload it once, just has to be easy to use and easy to organize and find things.
Thanx for your input.

eli1571 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 08, 2015, 07:36:36 PM »

So which one is recommended ?