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Looking for offsite backup solution.

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August 17, 2013 6:56:43 AM

I need to backup data offsite on a budget for 5 small business computers. There's about 20GB each (only the important stuff). I prefer to backup the data to my house instead of paying for cloud storage (not concerned with security, just price). I use SyncBack Pro for onsite backup and it works great. There's an option for SFTP within SyncBack Pro, so that's one option. I also considered using a VPN solution (like Hamachi) and using a backup tool to backup. The last thing I considered was a program called CrashPlan that has a free option for offsite backup. Does anyone have any experience with any of these products and know what works best? Or does anyone have any other recommendations that would work? I really appreciate your responses.

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August 17, 2013 7:14:50 AM

I take a HD home with me each nite using this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Backups run on a schedule....to the HD .... I pop it out when leaving and take home....alternating 2 drives just in case

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August 17, 2013 7:15:02 AM

Consider going old school. 2 external drives. Back up to one, take home and swap each Friday afternoon. Rotate weekly.

No fee, no bandwidth issues.
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August 17, 2013 1:52:13 PM

Thanks for feedback. I failed to mention that I don't work in the office. I do remote support for the small business. So it has to be a solution over the internet. Any other ideas?
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December 31, 2013 8:58:53 AM

Update - If anyone is interested to know, I tested all of these solutions and ended up using Crashplan. You don't have to punch holes in your firewall, or do any major configuration like VPN and SFTP. Plus, it just works. I've been using for several months and have tested doing a restore and everything worked great.
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