Need help finding proper online backup.

[HnyBear]

I recently had to switch from raid storage to using my HDDs individually. I was having some issues I won't get into here. No I'm in a place where I have no redundancy of my data so I need another solution.

Here's what I need. I'm looking for somewhere that I can automatically backup my data drives, individually for easy recovery should one of the drives fail and need to be replaced. I need all files on the drives to be backed up and I've seen a lot of affordable places like backblaze.com but they don't backup everything, like empty folders or certain file types etc.

I'd like to be able to have each drive in it's own folder on the backup software/site so I can easily tell which data I need. I need unlimited storage as I have about 16TB of drive space that may eventually need to be backed up and the service should either automatically backup whenever files change on my end or on a set interval.

Does anyone know of any service like this?

 

[stdragon]

Mozy and Mozy Pro

https://mozy.com/product/mozy/personal

https://mozy.com/product/mozy/business

4TB might be the limit for Business, but it does have 60 or 90 days of retention.

 

[HnyBear]

Unfortunately that doesn't work for the amount of data I have. Currently I'm using 6TB of storage across my hard drives.

 

[stdragon]

An alternative method would be to roll your own offsite backup and replication. There's big upfront cost in NAS hardware, but depending on how much data you wish to store, and expand, it might pay for itself in a relatively short period of time vs paying a hosted provider to backup the data for you. Again, that's assuming you have access to both sides of the connection. Check out Synology Hyper Backup

https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/feature/hyper_backup

Alternatively, you can roll your own solution with FreeNAS.

 

[HnyBear]

I'm broke as a joke so that, although a great idea, is unobtainable for me... lol

 

[stdragon]

https://www.zdnet.com/article/when-it-comes-to-cloud-storage-the-all-you-can-eat-buffet-is-closing-rapidly/

Well, good luck. Either way, you're going to pay in lump-sum of hardware, or monthly on reoccurring storage fees.

If you're truly broke as you say, my best advise is to purchase used hardware, roll your own FreeNAS units, and call it a day. It's the best personal advice I can provide. Hopefully others have a better solution for you.