I have been a Dropbox user for quite a while and have considered their
premium options, but as the data I want to back up are in multiple
folders in different locations, and Dropbox only syncs the dropbox
folder, I'm not sure that's the solution I want. I think I remember
reading somewhere a while back about symlinking folders to get around
this, but I'm not sure its worth the hassle.
Just like Mark, I'm also wary of very cheap "unlimited" plans. There
was another service I saw that has a linux client, called Crashplan.
They have an unlimited plan for "as low as" $3/month (that's literally
what their pricing page says, as low as, what does that mean anyway).
I don't mean to knock Crashplan without trying but if all their users
suddenly start using hundreds of gigs or more of storage I don't see
how they can be profitable only charging them $3/month. These types
of plans always seem to be under the assumption that users won't use
"too much" of their "unlimited" option and when they suddenly do start
using more, then what? They go to limited plans like Mozy did?
Spideroak looks interesting, I may try out their free 2gb service and
see how it goes from there.
Ben
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