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In article <4jdi1ap1m057d9ociq7a9nusdq5gh0g07l@4ax.com>,
Chris J Dixon  <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
>Any experiences or alternative strategies out there?

I think it was someone here who mentioned Tarsnap a while back:

http://www.tarsnap.com/

I have about 2 GB (after compression and encryption; about 4.5 GB before
that) of documents and Git repos backed up there, at a cost of about 50
cents per month.  I prepaid with $10 worth of Bitcoin (!), so it'll be a
while before I need to send them more money.  It's not free, but it's cheap
enough for moderate amounts of data that might change frequently.  It's
encrypted in the backup client with a key that you generate and never
divulge to Tarsnap, so others (whether Tarsnap, a malicious government
entity, or whatever) can't feasibly access your data.

Note that I'm only using it for documents and Git repos.  For things like
photos, music, and video, I think you're better off backing up to physical
media which you then store offsite.  I use BD-R with dvdisaster to put 20 GB
onto a disc that costs less than a dollar, which goes into a binder in my
desk at work.  There are currently 205 discs in the binder; some files on
older discs have been superseded, but the data backed up this way currently
adds up to a little over 3 TB.  Others might use a stack of hard drives for
this purpose.  

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Online backups Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> - 2014-09-17 08:24 +0100
  Re: Online backups scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-09-17 15:44 +0000
  Re: Online backups "RS Wood" <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-18 06:36 -0500
    Re: Online backups Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-18 11:55 +0000
      Re: Online backups RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-18 13:31 +0000
        Re: Online backups Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-18 23:20 +0000
          Re: Online backups Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-18 18:37 -0600
          Re: Online backups Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-19 13:14 +0200
            Re: Online backups Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-19 12:51 -0600
          Re: Online backups scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-09-19 15:43 +0000
            Re: Online backups Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-19 18:50 +0000
              Re: Online backups scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-09-19 21:43 +0000
      Re: Online backups scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-09-18 17:06 +0000
    Re: Online backups scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-09-18 16:27 +0000
  Re: Online backups Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2014-09-19 16:31 +0000
    Re: Online backups Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> - 2014-09-20 08:03 +0100
      Re: Online backups Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2014-09-22 16:34 +0000
        Re: Online backups Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> - 2014-09-22 19:28 +0100

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