SneakerBackup
Infrastructure
backup service
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
2 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 10 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score -0.35.
Idea: 2 for, 4 againstPricing: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea with offsite geographic diversification
From 2 comments
Because if you put it somewhere in your home, you are not diversifying the geographic risk. There is a solid argument to be made with backing up your hard drive and shipping it…
marcamillion on HNYou may want to test our site on iPad. An overlay(?) with a smiley and a frowney covers 80% of the screen and doesn't go away. (edit) Random poking and frantic scrolling seems to…
eps on HN
Objections
Unclear what happens to the drive and who has access to data; no contact info
From 2 comments
I like this idea, but like some of the others are saying, this raises too many questions. Where does my drive go? What is a "secure location"? Who will have access to all my…
marcamillion on HNThe business concept is fine and there is a market for this but HN is not the correct market imo. More importantly you also need to put some contact info on the site and not use…
larrys on HN
Glacier retrieval costs are too high
From 1 comment
Glacier...uh; it's horribly expensive for retrievals...? http://aws.amazon.com/glacier/faqs/#How_will_I_be_charged_when_retrieving_large_amounts_of_data_from_Amazon_Glacier
ukd1 on HN
Costs much more than cheap online backup like Backblaze
From 1 comment
I use backblaze now who gives you free recoveries (via downloading) if you need it or you can pay to get a drive shipped to you (I forget the pricing on it.) Why should I use you…
mikezupan on HN
Site lacks detail on drive type, filesystems, and supported countries
From 2 comments
For my taste, there are too few information on the site. Here are some questions I am having: 1. What kind of drive will you send around? Spinning disk? How much capacity? 2. Is…
secure on HNA list of supported countries is a must have.
eps on HN
Requests
Explain supported countries and drive/filesystem details
From 2 comments
For my taste, there are too few information on the site. Here are some questions I am having: 1. What kind of drive will you send around? Spinning disk? How much capacity? 2. Is…
secure on HNA list of supported countries is a must have.
eps on HN
Support incremental backups
From 1 comment
For my taste, there are too few information on the site. Here are some questions I am having: 1. What kind of drive will you send around? Spinning disk? How much capacity? 2. Is…
secure on HN
Offer a preformatted TrueCrypt container option
From 1 comment
You may want to test our site on iPad. An overlay(?) with a smiley and a frowney covers 80% of the screen and doesn't go away. (edit) Random poking and frantic scrolling seems to…
eps on HN
Questions
Is it a full disk image or files on the drive?
From 2 comments
> We just take the data and sync it An image of the drive? Files on the drive? More data would be helpful. Do we ask for a particular drive size and you send it? What if I've got…
pudquick on HNFor my taste, there are too few information on the site. Here are some questions I am having: 1. What kind of drive will you send around? Spinning disk? How much capacity? 2. Is…
secure on HN
Is the company mature or an MVP test?
From 1 comment
I see a link to http://minviable.com/. This makes me wonder about the state of your idea. Is this one of those MVP tests to see demand? Are you a mature company? Typically these…
zaidf on HN
Alternatives named
Backblaze
From 1 comment
I use backblaze now who gives you free recoveries (via downloading) if you need it or you can pay to get a drive shipped to you (I forget the pricing on it.) Why should I use you…
mikezupan on HN
Amazon Import/Export
From 1 comment
So essentially you are doing what Amazon already offers (http://aws.amazon.com/importexport/), just cheaper (currently) and with a regular schedule? I hope you have a lot…
secure on HN
CrashPlan
From 1 comment
I've never used Backblaze, but restoring with Crashplan is pretty simple. I can restore my entire user folder as backed up in under an hour. I've done it more than once, and…
dublinben on HN
Time Machine
From 1 comment
Ehhhh.....I use a 1TB time machine with my Mac. And backblaze. I'm covered under most imaginable circumstances and it's much cheaper and automatic than doing drive cloning. Neat…
gsibble on HN