Another vote for crashplan.  Has many useful features.  I use it
backup my parent's computer to my home file server.

Another thing I do with my file server is I use a RAID-1 array and
got a 3rd drive.  Every few months I swap one of the drives and take
the one back to work with me.

Josh

On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:10:46 -0600
Jeff Jensen <jjensen at apache.org> wrote:

> Hi Jeremy!
> 
> I recently evaluated this too, and chose CrashPlan.com.  Key reasons
> include so many supported platforms, the software is free (only pay
> to backup to their cloud), can backup to peers for free (including
> your buddy's computer located elsewhere or local attached storage),
> and their cloud plans are either a cheap 10G or the rest are
> unlimited data amounts.  Plus they're a local MN company (and I have
> professional acquaintance of at least one person working there, so I
> know it's a reasonable place).
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Jeremy MountainJohnson
> <jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone could recommend some off-site backup
> > solutions for home users that are Linux friendly? I currently get
> > some free, very throttled, backup space through a web host that I
> > may leave soon if I can find a cheaper alternative. Currently I
> > use SFTP (SSH) with rsync and encfs (like mcrypt but folder level
> > via FUSE). So basically I would need to be able to mount the
> > storage in Linux (sole web interfaces are not an option). I need
> > about 50 GB with future growth of up to around 250 GB (probably
> > the absolute max I would need).
> >
> > Any thoughts or suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Jeremy MountainJohnson
> > Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com
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