Need Online Backup Recommendation

Soon, I'll no longer be using SOS Online Backup. I was grandfathered in with their unlimited plan, but just found out that all grandfathered unlimited accounts will now be required to switch to limited plans. This sucks, because the greatest feature of SOS is true archiving, which enables me to upload huge files such as BD rips, and then delete them from my PC while keeping them in the cloud, thereby freeing up space on my C drive. Do you guys know of any online backup services that offer unlimited and true archiving? What can you recommend? Thanks.

Jim

Thanks. I'll check those out, and keep you posted.

Jim

Very interesting query as I, too, am looking for a reasonably priced and efficient cloud service - am even thinking of setting up my own, just for me and the (grown-up and travelling, kids). We'd need way, way more than 1TB though as the quantity of pics and music the kids own is prodigious).

But, I'd prefer not to have the hassle, if the price is right to use a commercial provider.

I think the commercial Servers could easily solve their overload data problems by allowing only a set limit for, say, video files and charge extra for video storage, above that gracious allowance.

Just my two penn'orth, for what it's worth.

Shall be watching this thread with interest. :)

My backup requirements are minimal. a gmail account will permit 15GB storage for free. at one time I had 20 accounts but have trim that down to two. just a thought.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

Overall, I've been very happy with Carbonite.com. I've seen others recommend Crashplan and Backblaze. I strongly advise against using free cloud storage for backups. They are not as secure and reliable as paid cloud backup services and are notorious for disappearing with little or inadequate notice, taking your data with them.

Although this is not my Thread, thanks for the advice which is probably very wise and I'll take a look at your recommendations. :)

My only recommendation is DON'T. As you've seen yourself, relying on third party services is not a good idea, they can disappear at any time, fail, or just sell your data whenever they want. If you have something valuable, the cloud (ie, someone's else machine) is the last place where you want it.

Instead, save that money and buy an external HD or two, and place your backups there. It's a one-time payment, will never disappear and you'll keep full privacy at all times. Just make sure to handle them with care and have more than one copy of important data in case a drive fails.
An additional advantage is that you can simply delete the data from the main HD and use it direcly from the backup drive, without needing to download anything. You also save an immense amount of bandwidth.