[ale] [OT] Best remote/local backup for less technical?

[Robert L Harris]

I use duplicity.  There's a windows version with point and click but it
does local/scp/etc.  Fulls and incrementals.


On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Jim Lynch <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>wrote:

> On 02/25/2012 05:43 PM, John Anderson wrote:
> > I have some older relatives who could use a better backup solution for
> > their work files. They work from home and mostly use office files, which
> > are not huge. Yes they are running windows.
> >
> > So, there are two things I am considering, remote backup to one of the
> > many services available, and/or a utility to copy the contents of their
> > work folder on the laptop over to a usb hard drive in the background.
> >
> > Any personal experience/recommendations? It ideally should be something
> > that I could set up on the laptop and not worry about unless they have a
> > crash on the laptop itself. If it takes regular maintenance on their end
> > it might not work out.
> >
> > If I have the files on the laptop syncing to a hard drive do I have to
> > worry about unfortunate deletions propagating over?
> Probably one of the easiest methods is to use Dropbox and a "cron job"
> windows equivalent to keep things backed up.  Dropbox is free to 2Gb and
> they sounds like they'll stay well under that.
>
> Jim.
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