You can use DDNS, which is free. I can't argue with the poor upstream. However, I don't trust cloud services. I trust them even less after they shut down Megaupload and lost everyone's personal data. Online cloud services are just too risky. So the logical conclusion would be to make your own backups on a NAS. And while…
I haven't overlooked the fact that not everyone has the money, the knowledge, or patience. Though, the savings you would reap by not paying monthly for an ephemeral service does help cover the initial costs and avoids perpetual costs of subscriptions. If you can wait, it's worth it to save up and pursue that course.…
Overlord, I get where you're coming from and generally agree with the DIY approach. However, most people won't have the time, patience, money, or inclination to completely roll their own. To me, the biggest appeal of a service like this is that a group of smart engineers have already bought the services and equipment,…
My team and I have been using Copy for two years now and while the early days were a bit buggy, it has just been getting better and better. We use Perforce for our Unreal source control, of course, but for everything else we use Copy. One of the best parts is the "splitting the bill" aspect of it. Our project folder is…
Because local NAS does not = backup? You should have at least 2 local copies and 1 remote copy of anything you want to legitimately backup. A NAS is a good idea and it gets you that second local copy, but it doesn't protect against fire, flooding, theft, etc, if your backup is sitting a box next to your computer/in your…
Why not save that money and get an NAS for a cloud storage in your home? That way, you get complete control over the data and the hardware that stores it. It greatly reduces the risk of hackers getting into the servers and accessing your private data (Or just scraping your password and potentially risking you further…
From purely a cost standpoint, Copy is $9.99\mo for 250gb of storage versus $150 to $600 one-time cost for the hardware. Not including time spent setting it up, troubleshooting, dealing with downtime and hardware failures, manually upgrading when necessary, and the increased cost of electricity for the additional hardware,…