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Best Online Remote Backup Service w/Linux Client?

technocraft asks: "I've been searching for an online service to backup data from my Linux file server and have come up with nothing. For many users, Carbonite looks to be a great solution: Affordable, with 'unlimited' capacity. Unfortunately for me, you can only backup from Windows XP and explicitly NOT from external drives or network mapped drives (like my file server)." Is anyone aware of an online backup services without these restrictions?

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  1. This looks pretty good by dtfinch · · Score: 4, Informative

    They use rsync over ssh:
    http://www.rsync.net/
    Base rate: $1.80/gb/month
    Volume discounts:
    25-49GB - 10% Off
    50-99GB - 20% Off
    100-199GB - 30% Off
    200-399GB - 40% Off
    400-999GB - 50% Off
    1TB+ - 60% Off

    You get supposedly unlimited storage, and pay for only what you use.
    I haven't actually tried them though.

    1. Re:This looks pretty good by Bogtha · · Score: 4, Informative

      We're customers of the parent organisation, JohnCompanies, and I can't recommend them highly enough. The thing that makes them stand out in my opinion is the support, you don't get clueless newbies reading from an FAQ like you do with every other hosting provider I've ever encountered.

      I've been looking for an excuse to try out rsync.net, it seems like an interesting service, for example it offers WebDAV access, which is built into Windows, OS X and KDE.

      Yeah, I know I sound like a fanboy or astroturfer, but I don't care, it's really rare to find a company that actually gets it so right when there are so many incompetents around, especially in the hosting business.

      --
      Bogtha Bogtha Bogtha