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darklord700 · 02-29-2016, 10:20 AM

I'm now using Crashplan for my online backup. It started at USD $3 a month a few years back but now it is $USD 60 a year which is almost $100 CAD/year nowadays. I find it getting to be a little too expensive for what I need.

I need about 2-3TB of space so I figure I can build my own NAS with two 4TB WD reds running in mirroring RAID mode. That will cost me about $700CAD which is about 7 years of subscription to Crashplan.

But the downside to NAS which was the reason I subscribe to Crashplan in the first place, is that local NAS doesn't protect you from fire, flood and theft.

What do you think I should do, build my own NAS or keep my Crashplan?

02-29-2016, 10:20 AM	#1
darklord700 First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2009 Exp:	NAS vs Cloud Backup I'm now using Crashplan for my online backup. It started at USD $3 a month a few years back but now it is $USD 60 a year which is almost $100 CAD/year nowadays. I find it getting to be a little too expensive for what I need. I need about 2-3TB of space so I figure I can build my own NAS with two 4TB WD reds running in mirroring RAID mode. That will cost me about $700CAD which is about 7 years of subscription to Crashplan. But the downside to NAS which was the reason I subscribe to Crashplan in the first place, is that local NAS doesn't protect you from fire, flood and theft. What do you think I should do, build my own NAS or keep my Crashplan?