Aknot Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 (edited) My wife would like a place to back up some files (pics mostly) that she recieves from her family in South America. I was wondering if there are any easy to use programs out there that could facilitate that. Something I could configure (to my server) where all she has to do is either drag and drop and select "run" or even a CTRL type selection. I was showing her the cpanel upload section and she balked at that. Granted she could have me do it but if there is something out there that would work where she could use it it would be prefered. Also what would a program like that be called? File uploader? Thanks. Edited November 12, 2010 by Aknot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 While it would be a bit more than a backup solution, I would have a look at Gallery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aknot Posted November 12, 2010 Author Share Posted November 12, 2010 While it would be a bit more than a backup solution, I would have a look at Gallery. Is that strictly image files? She has some scanned PDFs of some documets etc. also. She has no need to view them its just she wants to make sure they are saved. Meaning she is afraid my messing with my home network and servers etc will help lose them, and would feel safer if they were offsite. I use a fraction of my space here and thought this woudl be a good way to secure them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Dick Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Have you tried the Web Disk option in your cPanel under the Files section? The Web Disk allows you to easily drag and drop files to your hosting account. You can create a Web Disk login and access your Web Disk below. Once your Web Disk is configured, you can then drag and drop files to it just like they are part of your home computer. You can also navigate through the files in your hosting account just as you do the files on your local computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aknot Posted November 12, 2010 Author Share Posted November 12, 2010 Have you tried the Web Disk option in your cPanel under the Files section? No but I am looking at it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aknot Posted November 12, 2010 Author Share Posted November 12, 2010 Ok set it up. Now to see if the wife approves. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aknot Posted November 14, 2010 Author Share Posted November 14, 2010 In using it im getting a few errors almost like it has a cap on how much data can be ransfered at a time. The PC is all the way upstairs and I will write down the message shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aknot Posted November 14, 2010 Author Share Posted November 14, 2010 eeek i am at my cap. I forgot about all the vacation pictures etc I uploaded. ok ignore this thread for a bit till I can sort this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 yep, that will do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aknot Posted November 14, 2010 Author Share Posted November 14, 2010 Ok went through and cleaned up however I get: (not in a subdirectory) 0.07 MB /etc 0.05 MB /mail 1.93 MB /perl 0.00 MB /php 0.07 MB /public_ftp 0.00 MB /public_html 63.47 MB /tmp 3.15 MB /(other subdirectories) 18.59 MB MySQL 9.85 MB Other 1744.82 MB When I do the Disk Space usage.... What is Other under MySQL? As I dig more it appears I have quite a few "backups" in the last couple of months. Is this soemthing that is automatic or did I set this up somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 All these directioriea are under your "home" directory. The place where you should backup files to are "public_html" or possibly in a directory under public_html created by you (for example public_html > backups). As for the disk space usage question, I will have to let someone else answer that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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