Backup drives using NMVe drives in enclosures?

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I have seen the likes of Sharge and Acasis enclosures for NMVe SSD drives and wondered id anyone is using such combos for backup and or traveling backups?

TIA for any insights :)
 
Not yet personally but this coming mainstream soon. 4tb nvme drives are just about getting affordable. That's probably good enough for many users. I will be onboard once we hit past the 6tb mark which is what is currently sitting on my nas. You obviously will want to duplicate them up in raid, because once they fail - they fail real bad.
Benefits over Hdd based nas include speed, energy savings and silent operation. Pretty much all positive as the cost issues are resolving
 
I use a WD_Black SN770 NVMe Ssd (2Tb) with an ACASIS USB4.0 NVMe.2 SSD enclosure with my Mac Mini M2 Pro for my main storage. I back it up with older Lacie 4Tb hard drive using Time Machine. It all seems to work as it should with write/read speeds of over 2300 MB/s which is good enough for me.

The only issue I had was that I needed to get some alternative thicker thermal tape to allow for full transfer of heat from the drive to the casing.
 
I tend to use spinning hard disks for backup, as I want lots of space and speed isn't important for me when it comes to backups - they are automated jobs that happen in the background.

I guess as a short term back up whilst travelling it would make sense, to have something fast.
 
I have 2 Acasis enclosures, one with a WD Black and the other with a WD Blue SSD which I use for as my main storage for my Mac Mini M2 Pro. They are fine. I did try some cheaper enclosures but they were either temperamental or did not work at all.

I use a HDD for Time Machine backup as speed didn’t seem to be a main requirement. I also have Cloud backup.

I bought the Acasis enclosures direct from Acasis USA as they were in stock, were cheaper and were delivered very quickly.
 
I used one for a 3 week trip in Japan. I got a USB C card reader, which has a passthrough USB port on it. I'd plug the card reader into my phone, then the external drive into the card reader, and my phone was able to see both the card and the SSD. I'd use my phone's file manager to copy from one to the other. Complete lifesaver, as I had to empty the cards around 4-5 times!

Reader - https://amzn.eu/d/b7Noaqb

Enclosure - https://amzn.eu/d/eMhnWP1

Much easier than bringing a laptop!
 
best to also backup using a good cloud solution
idrive is he best one i pay about £50 a year for 10TB
 
Mr Bump said:
best to also backup using a good cloud solution
idrive is he best one i pay about £50 a year for 10TB
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I had a quick look through and I "see" closer to £83 for 10TB?
 
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Mr Bump said:
There is a half price deal around might take a Google
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This is what I see on their page
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And these notes re: the asterisk by the up to 50% off
”* Important note on the offer:
Sign up today and get 30% off on your first year or get 50% off on your first year for a 2 year plan. These Personal, Team and Business plans are available only for new signups and are available for a limited time only. Discounts are not available for signup from IDrive mobile apps. Personal, Team and Business plans are not for resale. These accounts are for individual and businesses internal use only."
 
I have just found that they have a limited time "sign up offer" of 95% off = $4.98 for the first year and thereafter the "plan price" $99.50

The terms say it is an automatic renewal account, @Mr Bump as a current customer have you been getting the discount you mentioned that you have applied @ the auto renewal time ?

Edit I noted this in their terms under Billing, in regard to an account being cancelled and how such cancellation can affect 'local' storage when controlled by iDrive


"If the account is canceled for any reason, user data and its backups will be removed from our storage servers. If you have used the Local Backup feature, you will NOT be able to access data from your external drive as well."

It seems to say that using their 'Local Backup feature' using their bespoke software and cancel you have lost your local data too
 
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Box Brownie said:
I have just found that they have a limited time "sign up offer" of 95% off = $4.98 for the first year and thereafter the "plan price" $99.50

The terms say it is an automatic renewal account, @Mr Bump as a current customer have you been getting the discount you mentioned that you have applied @ the auto renewal time ?

Edit I noted this in their terms under Billing, in regard to an account being cancelled and how such cancellation can affect 'local' storage when controlled by iDrive


"If the account is canceled for any reason, user data and its backups will be removed from our storage servers. If you have used the Local Backup feature, you will NOT be able to access data from your external drive as well."

It seems to say that using their 'Local Backup feature' using their bespoke software and cancel you have lost your local data too
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When you renew it quotes the full up price of about 100 dollars all you need to do is say no ta and it just says 50% off then been like that for for about 4 years in a row. You can also keep doing the 95% off deal each year but you then need to reset it up and dona full re upload. I did it one year for giggles.
 
Never used the local backup feature it's a bit like there version of windows backed to external usb drives and I don't do that
 
Mr Bump said:
When you renew it quotes the full up price of about 100 dollars all you need to do is say no ta and it just says 50% off then been like that for for about 4 years in a row. You can also keep doing the 95% off deal each year but you then need to reset it up and dona full re upload. I did it one year for giggles.
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Ah! thanks for the account insight. As long as the no ta decision doesn't immediately cancel the account!

I have a 40/10 fttc connection that is more like 36/6.5 so @ 6.5 Mbps upload my initial loading would take a while and would be around 2.5TB I would not be experimenting for giggles :thinking: :headbang: :LOL:
 
Box Brownie said:
Ah! thanks for the account insight. As long as the no ta decision doesn't immediately cancel the account!

I have a 40/10 fttc connection that is more like 36/6.5 so @ 6.5 Mbps upload my initial loading would take a while and would be around 2.5TB I would not be experimenting for giggles :thinking: :headbang: :LOL:
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I have only got about 1TB in my backup
I used to have more but it is now personal data and my digital music

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*The 95% offer is applicable for the first year only. 95% offer is valid only if you are currently using a paid competing cloud backup service. You need to provide proof of your existing paid service provider’s account. Competing services include Carbonite, Mozy, CrashPlan, Backblaze, SOS Online Backup, Dropbox, iCloud and Google Backup and Sync.
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Box Brownie said:
Ah! thanks for the account insight. As long as the no ta decision doesn't immediately cancel the account!

:LOL:
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you get a pop up and an email about a month before
when you then go into manage your account you get the option to cancel where
it then offers you 50% off it just takes it from your stored CC when it renews
it is for me an excellent product
 
*The 95% offer is applicable for the first year only. 95% offer is valid only if you are currently using a paid competing cloud backup service. You need to provide proof of your existing paid service provider’s account. Competing services include Carbonite, Mozy, CrashPlan, Backblaze, SOS Online Backup, Dropbox, iCloud and Google Backup and Sync.



Ah! looks like I missed something........
I did think it sounded too good to be true :(
 
Box Brownie said:
*The 95% offer is applicable for the first year only. 95% offer is valid only if you are currently using a paid competing cloud backup service. You need to provide proof of your existing paid service provider’s account. Competing services include Carbonite, Mozy, CrashPlan, Backblaze, SOS Online Backup, Dropbox, iCloud and Google Backup and Sync.



Ah! looks like I missed something........
I did think it sounded too good to be true :(
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I don't think that has ever happened to me to be honest I think that is a red herring just sign up
 
I joined iDrive last year and paid $11.94 for the first year 5TB plan. There were no restrictions so perhaps they have just changed their policy this year. This year I asked for my account to be cancelled and they offered a 75% discount. However I am also using Blackblaze, which I have been for several years and decided to keep using it in the future. I wanted to try a different provider last year as BB hiked their prices.
 
I found this offer OFFER, which doesn’t mention being with a competitor, unless it is contained in the terms of business.
 
Mr Bump said:
I have only got about 1TB in my backup
I used to have more but it is now personal data and my digital music

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Thanks for the screenshot....

My primary interest is in having a cloud backup for my raw image files. They are arranged in sub folders and once sorted out for not change .

NB of course the likes of other such as docs will likely come into play for cloud backup too.

Therefore I will need to try a few 'paths' and see what occurs.
 
Not something I've looked into, but long term storage reliability would be more import for backups than speed of me.

Something I have heard talked about over cloud storage is not the cost to upload, but the cost to retrieve your data can be extremely high in some cases.
 
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Trust pilot (if you can trust it :LOL: ) has sone interesting things to say of both iDrive and Back blaze
 
Delphin said:
Not something I've looked into, but long term storage reliability would be more import for backups than speed of me.

Something I have heard talked about over cloud storage is not the cost to upload, but the cost to retrieve your data can be extremely high in some cases.
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there is no cost with idrive you can simply log on to the web site and download any or all of your data to a new location as a restore , i have done it a few times to test it, very good product.
 
Box Brownie said:
Thanks for the screenshot....

My primary interest is in having a cloud backup for my raw image files. They are arranged in sub folders and once sorted out for not change .

NB of course the likes of other such as docs will likely come into play for cloud backup too.

Therefore I will need to try a few 'paths' and see what occurs.
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the above screenshot is kind of how i have it now as my needs are less
when i used to use it in anger i just got idrive to backup and monitor a root folder it used to be called "STORE" the everything under it was automatically backed up
also with idrive you get version control so you can keep up to 10 versions of the same file if you need to roll back
also you get folder monitoring so it also synchs the backups with the cloud every hour.

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@Mr Bump

I have signed up and the offer price seems to be linked to a Tech radar affiliate in the URL (it is iDrive not a 3rd party scam website) as I searched for iDrive offers and that one was in the list.

So, $5.98 including Vat;)

I have yet to install the windows program but noted in the welcome email that they have iDrive Express using a "supplied secure drive" that they send with FoC return. This is a service of once a year for personal customers and 3 times a year for business ones.

Using that service will save a heck of a lot of time with the initial upload.
 
Box Brownie said:
@Mr Bump

I have signed up and the offer price seems to be linked to a Tech radar affiliate in the URL (it is iDrive not a 3rd party scam website) as I searched for iDrive offers and that one was in the list.

So, $5.98 including Vat;)

I have yet to install the windows program but noted in the welcome email that they have iDrive Express using a "supplied secure drive" that they send with FoC return. This is a service of once a year for personal customers and 3 times a year for business ones.

Using that service will save a heck of a lot of time with the initial upload.
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I think you need to select the server location on set up. I missed this option and it defaulted to US. I would have perferred the European options.
 
Brentor said:
I think you need to select the server location on set up. I missed this option and it defaulted to US. I would have perferred the European options.
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I am only just finding my way around.....before starting to use the service.

Based on your insight/advice I was looking on the dashboard for server locations (I don't recall seeing any such choice during the 'sign-up' process?)
So, just where can that selection be made? NB at this stage I ma on the web portal having not yet installed the local program.
 
Box Brownie said:
I am only just finding my way around.....before starting to use the service.

Based on your insight/advice I was looking on the dashboard for server locations (I don't recall seeing any such choice during the 'sign-up' process?)
So, just where can that selection be made? NB at this stage I ma on the web portal having not yet installed the local program.
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I no longer have the choice to change. I think the server options were during the set up process, but weren’t obvious. Perhaps try their support as their help function doesn’t seem to have a search option. Not much help.
 
Brentor said:
I no longer have the choice to change. I think the server options were during the set up process, but weren’t obvious. Perhaps try their support as their help function doesn’t seem to have a search option. Not much help.
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Thanks for the reply.

I will submit a support request explaining that as I am in the UK their London server would, ideally?, be preferable?
 
Box Brownie said:
Thanks for the reply.

I will submit a support request explaining that as I am in the UK their London server would, ideally?, be preferable?
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From memory the local servers had much faster speeds and provided more comfort on GDPR, at least to me.

Hope it works well for you. For some reason iDrive always had an error message stating certain files had not been backed up. Probably my mistake.
 
Have to say can't say i have ever seen a location thing , been running idrive for a good 6 or 7 years now
however i would suspect the app would geolocate you to the nearest server.
 
I had this reply to my question.

"The data center is automatically assigned based on your geographic location to ensure optimal performance, reliability, and compliance with regional regulations. In your case, the assigned data center is located in Ireland. This means your data is stored securely within the Europe region, adhering to the stringent data protection and privacy standards enforced by European Union regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This setup guarantees that your data remains within the jurisdiction of Ireland, offering robust safeguards and ensuring compliance with local and EU-wide legal frameworks for data management."
 
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