[ptwiggens]

Dropbox isn't ideal for backup at all.

Look into Crashplan. Client-side encryption, unlimited versioning, never deletes files, and only $6/month for truly unlimited backup.

[StavrosK]

Does it have an OSS Linux client, even headless?

All I want is to encryptedly back up some directories on my home server, but nothing* really does that. I use SpiderOak at the moment, but it's not OSS.

* Except attic, but I'd rather pay for a service as important as this (I don't trust the remote server to not lose files): http://www.stavros.io/posts/holy-grail-backups/

[toomuchtodo]

http://www.tarsnap.com/

http://rsync.net/

[cbhl]

It's also worth asking for the HN discount on rsync.net if you're going to sign up with them.

[StavrosK]

Thanks, but both of those are extremely expensive for backing up photos and various files (100 GB worth).

[rsync]

Just a note since we're on the topic ...

- HN Discount for new customers is 10c per GB, per month. No charges for usage or traffic, etc.

- We just began announcing 3c pricing for 1PB and above. That may be more space than you require, however.

We've adjusted our pricing quite a bit in the last 30 days in conjunction with offering our PB filesystems, etc.

It's always worth emailing us.

[hemancuso]

Curious if the multi-pb accounts are in a single flat namespace. Or even the same filesystem... 1PB of ZFS seems scary

[toomuchtodo]

> 1PB of ZFS seems scary

Why so?

[AndrewAtCode42]

No OSS linux client, but we do have a closed source one. CrashPlan Does work headless[1], but note that that setup out of the scope for our support team.

1: https://support.code42.com/CrashPlan/Latest/Configuring/Conf...

[bentcorner]

I can't say one way or another if the client is OSS, but I do know you can run it headless, I've done it before.

IIRC, you need to tweak a non-headless client to direct it to the headless instance (some config file to point to the server vs localhost) and everything works from there.

[jonnynezbo]

I'm already on the CrashPlan Family Plan. I love it. In all reality, I doubt I will get rid of Crashplan any time soon.

[Soyuz]

CrashPlan is great and encrypted at rest and transmission. But, I prefer services outside US