Looking for suggestions: Cloud backup and share service

[Turbineguy]

I just tried and canceled the verizon/frontier service. There was no documentation that worked, share did not work, too many calls to technical assistance with long hold times.

Any suggestions/experience? Thanks!

[ChromeFoundry]

1. A lot depends on the space you'll need...

Are you looking for just a file sync for specific folders or a complete backup and restore - disaster recovery solution? Is 5-10 GB enough storage?

Are you looking for a free service or are you willing to pay for the service?

Mac or PC?

Most of the services offer free trials and some offer free plans... certainly, you should try before you buy.

Look at the features/reviews for the following services:
DropBox
LiveDrive
SugarSync
Box.net
Carbonite
Mozy

[Turbineguy]

2. I just opened an account with Dropbox

2 Gigs for free. Right now that's enough. It works great and it's easy to use. 3 of us will be able to collaborate on a project. I also used the Public folder to make some files available to other colleagues.

The only downside so far is you cannot share a folder on the public part, only individual files.

Thanks!

[qanda]

4. If you have files that you want protected

You should create a new folder for them and then share it with your colleagues.

Edited to add that I don't believe there is a way to password protect individual folders.

[Turbineguy]

5. Right now

I am only moving files that will be shared with my colleagues into the Dropbox. No backups or other data.

[krispos42]

3. I signed up my boss' computers on Carbonite

Seems to work well enough. Never had any error messages or crashes, and once the initial backup is done it seems to back up new and altered files quickly enough.

You just have to tell it manually to back up some files, like large files or files with unusual extensions.

I downloaded some Outlook data files when her laptop had a problem, and they came down from the cloud as fast as any other file. They were multi-gig files, though, so I had to set those files for backup manually. I think the automatic cutoff is 2gig, so anything over you have to specify manually.