Comments on: Data Backup Solution? http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/ Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital in New York City Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:55:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Vineet Jain http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-52411 Vineet Jain Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:25:10 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-52411 Hi Andrew, I was made aware of your blog by a colleague of Fred Wilson at Panorama Capital. We recently opened our solution Egnyte, which, hopefully you will find can address the question you raised here, and much more. Please check it out at http://www.egnyte.com Regards Here's a brief Egnyte overview: Egnyte is a web based application that uniquely combines archiving, automatic organization, sharing and a powerful search capability. Egnyte does away with the manual uploading of files to the Web, instead allowing users to synchronize information directly from their computer to the Web. Egnyte mirrors the way people work, for example, by letting users automatically create versions and share them as they change files. This reduces the clutter caused by manual versioning and emailing that commonly occurs. Recognizing that emails constitute 70% of all team communications, Egnyte is the first application of its kind that lets teams archive and share emails. Search is an integral part of the solution, helping quickly find personal and shared information. The Egnyte solution is intuitive and easy to use, blending familiar concepts like “files,” “folders,” and “email” with new ways of managing information such as “tags” and “search.” Designed to help teams consolidate information and more easily collaborate on projects, Egnyte is available immediately at www.egnyte.com. Egnyte offers free baseline accounts (1GB) with additional options to upgrade. Hi Andrew,

I was made aware of your blog by a colleague of Fred Wilson at Panorama Capital.

We recently opened our solution Egnyte, which, hopefully you will find can address the question you raised here, and much more.

Please check it out at http://www.egnyte.com

Regards

Here’s a brief Egnyte overview:
Egnyte is a web based application that uniquely combines archiving, automatic organization, sharing and a powerful search capability.

Egnyte does away with the manual uploading of files to the Web, instead allowing users to synchronize information directly from their computer to the Web. Egnyte mirrors the way people work, for example, by letting users automatically create versions and share them as they change files. This reduces the clutter caused by manual versioning and emailing that commonly occurs. Recognizing that emails constitute 70% of all team communications, Egnyte is the first application of its kind that lets teams archive and share emails. Search is an integral part of the solution, helping quickly find personal and shared information.

The Egnyte solution is intuitive and easy to use, blending familiar concepts like “files,” “folders,” and “email” with new ways of managing information such as “tags” and “search.” Designed to help teams consolidate information and more easily collaborate on projects, Egnyte is available immediately at http://www.egnyte.com.

Egnyte offers free baseline accounts (1GB) with additional options to upgrade.

]]> By: Rob Shurtleff http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-41210 Rob Shurtleff Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:04:38 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-41210 Andrew, Happy New Year. I was offline for a couple of weeks so just getting caught up. Don't know if you figured this out yet. There is a piece of Microsoft freeware that works well Synchtoy. i use it to back up the My Documents tree on the various family PCs that I am responsible for... I have a Buffalo Network Storage device on my Lan as the backup target. rob Andrew,
Happy New Year. I was offline for a couple of weeks so just getting caught up. Don’t know if you figured this out yet. There is a piece of Microsoft freeware that works well Synchtoy. i use it to back up the My Documents tree on the various family PCs that I am responsible for… I have a Buffalo Network Storage device on my Lan as the backup target.

rob

]]> By: Darren Johnson http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-37001 Darren Johnson Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:58:17 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-37001 I'd highly recommend Mozy.com. 2GB free and a small price to upgrade your storage. I've been using it for a year now and I love it. I’d highly recommend Mozy.com. 2GB free and a small price to upgrade your storage. I’ve been using it for a year now and I love it.

]]> By: Andrew Parker http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-30682 Andrew Parker Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:27:19 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-30682 This is great. I'm stoked about running linux commands at the WinXP commandline. Grep here I come! And thanks Jennifer, back up review is certainly thorough. This is great. I’m stoked about running linux commands at the WinXP commandline. Grep here I come!

And thanks Jennifer, back up review is certainly thorough.

]]> By: John Tokash http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-30574 John Tokash Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-30574 You can get most of the linux command line tools built for XP from a few different places. I always install the set from cygwin. FYI, I tried using Amazon S3 for backups recently and it's just WAY TOO SLOW. I just did a full backup to an external disk for most of my machines yesterday. I think I'll follow Lee's suggestion and set up automated backups of individual folders to that drive tonight. You can get most of the linux command line tools built for XP from a few different places. I always install the set from cygwin.

FYI, I tried using Amazon S3 for backups recently and it’s just WAY TOO SLOW. I just did a full backup to an external disk for most of my machines yesterday. I think I’ll follow Lee’s suggestion and set up automated backups of individual folders to that drive tonight.

]]> By: Jennifer http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-29937 Jennifer Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:15:38 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-29937 There is an excellent website for online backup information, news and articles. Check it out here: http://www.BackupReview.info This site lists more than 400 online backup companies and ranks the top 25 on a monthly basis. Cheers, There is an excellent website for online backup information, news and articles. Check it out here:

http://www.BackupReview.info

This site lists more than 400 online backup companies and ranks the top 25 on a monthly basis.

Cheers,

]]> By: Lee Semel http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-29756 Lee Semel Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:39:30 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-29756 I'm on WinXP too so I always have a set of Unix tools installed, use Perl for shell scripting, and Automated Tasks for cron. I've accumulated the Unix commands from a bunch of sites over the years. Do you want a copy? I’m on WinXP too so I always have a set of Unix tools installed, use Perl for shell scripting, and Automated Tasks for cron. I’ve accumulated the Unix commands from a bunch of sites over the years. Do you want a copy?

]]> By: Andrew Parker http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-29754 Andrew Parker Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:31:00 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-29754 I used to play SysAdmin for a young non-profit associated with Stanford called Groupspace.org. While there, I implemented this exact same setup (cron plus gzip/tar on a nightly system), and I did so using a "Great-grandfather, grandfather, father" algorithm for backing everything up in an efficient way. Unfortunately, I no longer run linux (I'm on winXP) so stuff like cron jobs and shell scripting are non-existent and their Windows-equivalent are flaky at best. Anyone got a good WinXP solution? Preferably free? I used to play SysAdmin for a young non-profit associated with Stanford called Groupspace.org. While there, I implemented this exact same setup (cron plus gzip/tar on a nightly system), and I did so using a “Great-grandfather, grandfather, father” algorithm for backing everything up in an efficient way.

Unfortunately, I no longer run linux (I’m on winXP) so stuff like cron jobs and shell scripting are non-existent and their Windows-equivalent are flaky at best.

Anyone got a good WinXP solution? Preferably free?

]]> By: Lee Semel http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-29749 Lee Semel Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:23:08 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-29749 My current solution is to set up a cron on my laptop to run a shell script every day at midnight that will tar and gzip all of my important files, and ftp them to my desktop computer, which runs an ftp server open only to my internal network at home. This works fairly well, but it's not as reliable as I'd like, because sometimes the laptop randomly won't execute the script if it's sleeping. I've investigated automated online backup services like iBackup, which have a friendly interface, but their prices for disk space are outrageously high compared to Dreamhost. I'd be paying hundreds of dollars a month to back up everything. So if you find a better solution I'd definitely be interested to know about it. My current solution is to set up a cron on my laptop to run a shell script every day at midnight that will tar and gzip all of my important files, and ftp them to my desktop computer, which runs an ftp server open only to my internal network at home. This works fairly well, but it’s not as reliable as I’d like, because sometimes the laptop randomly won’t execute the script if it’s sleeping. I’ve investigated automated online backup services like iBackup, which have a friendly interface, but their prices for disk space are outrageously high compared to Dreamhost. I’d be paying hundreds of dollars a month to back up everything.

So if you find a better solution I’d definitely be interested to know about it.

]]> By: Andrew Parker http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-29730 Andrew Parker Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:51:29 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-29730 I was thinking more along the lines of freeware, preferably open source. I was thinking more along the lines of freeware, preferably open source.

]]> By: Graeme Thickins http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-29607 Graeme Thickins Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:48:42 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/12/14/data-backup-solution/#comment-29607 check out the RocketVault™ appliance: http://www.intradyn.com/rocketvault/ starts at $1195 and will backup any which way you want, on site or off... try Wayne Morris at wmorris@intradyn.com -- he can tell you more, incl where your nearest dealer is cheers, Graeme check out the RocketVault™ appliance: http://www.intradyn.com/rocketvault/

starts at $1195 and will backup any which way you want, on site or off…

try Wayne Morris at wmorris@intradyn.com — he can tell you more, incl where your nearest dealer is

cheers,
Graeme

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