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I’ve been lacking on my own backups (at least the automated kind) and I’ve left my Mom hanging and not doing her backups. I never really been a fan of most of the “backup” solutions out there and the past few years. No DropBox is not really a true backup (and i don’t use it). iCloud is not a backup<\/a><\/p>\n

What pieces do you need?<\/span><\/h3>\n

You need a place to upload the data.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is Amazon S3, Azure, Google Cloud and so many more. I found a new vendor (new to me) called Wasabi.<\/a> They have a killer price point compared to all the others out there that I am aware of. Wasabi is $6.00 per Terabyte. Now the first Terabyte you have to pay for even if you don’t use the whole thing. For the few computers I need to backup I could be looking at $12.00 to $18.00 a month. This is cheap.<\/p>\n

You need some software.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The main requirement is it has to work with Wasabi<\/p>\n

This could be harder because most good software costs a few bucks. I found CloudBacko<\/a> which is a consumer product of Ahsay<\/a> that a TON of MSP’s use for enterprise backup solutions. I found the software to work but I wasn’t a huge fan of the interface. It reminds me of Window 8 (ugh). It worked OK. I probably won’t test it further. I found a ton other software but meant for the Service Provider like myself or the company I work for but not what I was looking for.<\/p>\n

I searched for an open source solution and I found Duplicati.<\/a> This seems pretty sweet and I’ve been testing it. If I stick with this solution I will need to send in a donation. Duplicati features everything I can think of so far and comes at an incredibly low cost. It also has window and mac clients.<\/p>\n

There is more work for me in setting up Duplicati but the price point may be worth it.<\/p>\n

So many options for backups<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is there room to bring in a new concierge backup service for home users. I still find \/ hear of so many people who do not backup their data. This whole process gets my gears turning thinking of a new offering I can bring to people out there.<\/p>\n

I did play a little with MSP360<\/a>. I kinda like this software so far. The price point isn’t horrible. There is a minimum 5 users license start and I would have to pre-pay 3 months in advance.<\/p>\n

I looked at BackBlaze and iDrive as well. Seem ok solutions. Both are unlimited backup size. With Backblaze I would be out of pocket $180 for three computers. With Duplicati and Wasabit I will prob spend the same amount over 1 year for 2TB storage ($12 a month * 12 months) then it keeps going. BackBlaze is only 30 day retention but with Duplicati I can set whatever I want.<\/p>\n

Decisions have not been made yet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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