actual number of backups = number of backups -1
There are many cloud-based providers for backups and archives. Please check your email. Perhaps at least he has one provider sending an offer. The question is which one to choose, and it’s not only a question of price, but also of reliability. Also important is the ease of retrieving the data and the interface to download it again if needed.
Ars Technica surveyed top vendors like Carbonite, Arq, iDrive, Spideroak One and Backblaze to see what they have to offer. Their test included 1,024 1 MB files and one 1 GB file. All of this consisted of completely uncompressible data and one small text file. On the new VM I installed various clients for uploads and downloads, not to mention interfaces. By renaming that text file, I was able to investigate the reliability and versioning capabilities of the continuous backup service.
They came out with a clear winner. This one wasn’t the fastest, but it offered far more features and a decent price.
