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Searching for backup service 6-7 TB of storage
Hello,
I'm planning to format my main pc which is currency running Windows 7 as OS and install Debian 7 on it,
but before I can do that I need to store all my important files somewhere in order to retrieve it later in my freshly reinstalled pc that will be running debian 7.
I need a affordable remote backup solution that offers me 6-7 TB of storage space, are there any services that allow this amount of data being backed up without limitations?
Thank you.
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define:affordable
I've used both backblaze and bitcasa, they're pretty good.
i'll be using the service for only 1 week max so i guess $40-60/w.
backblaze looks really cheap but i wonder if the pricing is realistic for transfering 6-7TB of data without restrictions.
EDIT: Bitcasa looks good.
You are going to upload 6-7TB and download it within a week? You must have a pretty good connection. My advice is to save the money, buy 1 more hard drive. Move stuff from 1 drive to another. (boot from debian usb stick to format the drive the way you want). I will keep an eye on this thread and see what happens. Good luck
Amazon glacier?
Just buy 4x4TB, Atom proc and colo it. You'll save yourself money in a few months. It would take ~$800 to build the system.
Let's say you pay $45/m for colo.
If you were to get a dedicated server with 4xdrives, that would set you back about ~$20 per 4TB disk + base cost of the server. So let's say that would cost you $150/m.
This is the way I look at it for servers with bigger drives
So you would transfer 14TB worth of bandwidth in one week - plus the 7TB of storage? Many providers will call this abuse. I would recommend a local copy if I were you. The only provider I see completely allowing 14TB of transfer is Amazon and Google Cloud Storage.
Try Amazon Glacier for ~ $100/m - you just cannot access all your data immediately.
If i remember correctly i read somewhere on LET recently that Amazon charges you for x amount of data that you download.
I rather just have a fixed price, I'm not a big fan of surprises.
http://www.soyoustart.com/us/offers.xml#backup
$69.00 USD for 8TB
Bandwith, however, is not guaranteed.
Bandwidth is unmetered although they can not guarantee a speed.
I assume you wanted 8TB raid5,6,10. Please don't raid0, plz....
I know nothing about raid lol. I'm just looking for a onetime storage solution like described in the main post.
hubiC
I think the best approach would be to just buy some new SSD as an OS drive, install debian on that and then attach the rest of the HDDs as data drives. You can even keep using them with the ntfs if you want.
With bigger amounts of storage, your not going to find shared/managed solutions that are cheep. Most likely you'll have to figure out an unmanaged solution to get the more bang for your buck
I have a server which is getting free on 24th March , It has 12Tb space. If you can wait till that time then let me know.
@Mark_R How long are you looking for this solution to stay in place? Like a week or so?
I wish I had a minimum 200 Mbps connection to the internet from my home PC (not counting local networks).
https://www.google.com/search?q=14+TB+per+week+in+megabits+per+second
Forget the week thingy, I probably need access to the service for a whole month.
I really didn't do any kind of math on the period that is required to get everything transfered.
Then I´d recommend SYS aswell.
@Mark_R, it is possible if you tar it while moving it to the backup server it would be less then 8TB? You might be able to save money with that simple solution. http://toast.djw.org.uk/tarpipe.html
Instead of undoing the tar on the server side, wait until you send it back to your self.
Maybe you can use HubiC
https://hubic.com/en/offers/
I really would just say to buy a new hard drive to install Debian on, keep the old drives in the system and them you can move the files around as you like.
8TB hdd? That's 2 of those:
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST4000DM000/dp/B00B99JU4S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393951607&sr=8-1&keywords=6tb+hard+drive
Anything else would be way cheaper if he´d only need it a month.
10 euros for 10TB @HubiC
@Mark_R I was just pullin' ya leg
For such a large amount of data, I wonder how long it would take you to upload that much as most home Internet Service providers have a much slower upload than download. (150Mbit download on Cable Internet only has 10Mbit upload for some companies).
hubic limits the transfer to 10Mbits. If you could transfer at that rate (it is normally less than the theorical limit), it would be 100GB/day. To transfer 8TB, it will take abou 80 days.
I can't even transfer a TB in a month... How are you going to manage to transfer 6-7TB? You would have to have a 100Mbps upload that's fully saturated 24/7 to upload 7TB in a week.