SpiderOak Woes

[blu-Z8efaSeK1ezqlBn2x/YWAg at public.gmane.org (Edward Ned Harvey)]

> From: discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org [mailto:discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org] On Behalf
> Of Chris O'Connell
> 
> After seeing the BLU presentation on online backups I decided it was time
to
> get my act together and start to back up my critical files off-site.  The

I'm sure you're aware of a bunch of direct competitors of spider oak -
dropbox, sugarsync, box.net, etc...  But they all require you pay for
service over a certain level.

Have you considered crashplan pro?  They have a free version (or something
free) which allows you to backup your computer A onto your computer B and
vice-versa ... Could even be your friend's computer and vice-versa, or a
work computer (if that won't get you in trouble with work).  Since you're
not using any of crashplanpro's storage, it's unlimited and free.  Suitable
for backups, but not quite the same concept as the above mentioned products
... It's not a multi-computer sync.  It's a backup.  One-way backup where
the data is stored on your friend's computer, but not in a directly
accessible format.

Or so I'm told.  I haven't actually used it myself personally.  But everyone
I know who does use it, they all highly praise it.