After I got really annoyed with current services for backups, their custom programs and limitations, I've started my own 'company' offering this sort of service.<p>I've designed a page myself over at http://www.royalbackup.com/ where I'm offering the service. I'm not selling small allocations since it would be a hassle to deal with too many customers for a few bucks.<p>More info is available on the site, and you can e-mail info@royalbackup.com for a free 100mB trial account for 7 days to take it for a spin.<p>Any opinions or suggestions are more than welcome.<p>More info: Public service has only been offered since yesterday, but I've had the service running for a while. Current uptime for bishop is >60 days, though it does get taken down from time to time for regular maintenance (security updates and such).
1. The tech details are great. However, maybe not on the first page. I understood them, but do people that use for example Mozy.com know what RAID6 is? A picture is worth 1k words.<p>2. What are your typical upload/download speeds? What could I expect in terms of latency?<p>3. I would suggest that people set up their own encryption before they upload the file(s). I don't think many people have considered that as an option.
It looks almost exactly what rsync.net provides. They're established. Why aren't you telling me why your service is better than theirs?<p>Your prices do appear to be cheaper but as you've said with a much larger minimum quantity. Is cost the only significant differentiating factor?
You mention on your site that the servers are in "an N+1 redundant environment". Is it your own data center or is that outsourced?<p>Also, I would second jgrahamc's question re: encrypted backups.