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Re:Today is World Backup Day – a friendly reminder to backup... by GrumpySimon on Monday March 31, 2014 @08:41AM (#7501013)
Absolutely. After messing around with various combinations of rsync/ssh/unison/s3/glacier/etc for a few years, I bit the bullet and paid for Crashplan. It's cheap - the family plan is ~150 USD/year for up to ten computers, unlimited.

It's a lifesaver. I've installed it on my parents/wifes/siblings computers and the piece of mind it gives me is immense - when I get the inevitable phone calls about the damn computer deleting that important file, I can either tell them how to recover it, or do it myself.

Re:Today is World Backup Day – a friendly reminder to backup... by zimpenfish on Monday March 31, 2014 @10:52AM (#7501784)
I'd like to use the Crashplan Family option to cover everyone but since it's all shared and there's seemingly no way to silo the data per-computer, that's a total non-starter. Which is a shame because I'd love to give them my cash.
Re:Today is World Backup Day – a friendly reminder to backup... by waylonrobert on Monday March 31, 2014 @04:47PM (#7504047)
Just get an individual account for that purpose?
Re:Today is World Backup Day – a friendly reminder to backup... by zimpenfish on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @04:12AM (#7506758)
Doesn't really solve the problem of backing up multiple machines spread over multiple sites for multiple people though.