Just ordered one of these honeys for backing up jmac.org, which currently has no backup plan at all. I plan on plugging this into Stilton (my desktop Mac), cronning up a little rsync, and Bob's your uncle.
jmac.org is hosted gord-knows-where by Tektonic.net, so this counts as an offsite backup, despite being in my house. Once it's set up, I'll upgrade to a better plan. AET has done a lot of research and testing for Volity's next hosting home, and we've decided on a middle-of-the-road Tektonic plan. I've currently got a super-low-end plan there, and results are substellar. I figure that if it's good enough for V, it's good enough for me.
For those keeping score: 250 gigs, external, respected name brand: $85.
Last data point, from ~30 months ago: 200 gigs, internal, middling name brand: $100.
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