I've been using dropbox for this for about a year and I've not had any problems but I do have a fast fiber connection at home that helps with services like this.  I've looked at Gobbler and might give it a try but not sure it will offer me anything more than I already have.

 
I am backing up my X3 test project as I'm working on it and writing this post. the project is about 200 MB and the upload speed is around 110 KB/s (slow, usually my download speed is a lot faster than this)
I can work on the project with Gobbler auto backup set,  without problems. Every now and then Gobbler resumes the upload to free resources depending on the activities.
I also can close the Gobbler application and it keeps backing up. 
 
I keep you updated about the results   later
 

 
...when the back up is done there's a notification message popping up saying that it's complete.... I kept on working on the project and every time I made a save the back up continued. I Like it.
The next test will be, moving  the project from my hard drive, and restore it from Gobbler to see how long it takes and if it will be intact...
... later  

The most efficient/convenient feature of integrated Gobbler, that I plan to use, is sharing projects over the net (notwithstanding upload/download time).  I don't plan on backing up or saving my projects on the net/cloud.  It's all about sharing/collaborating on a project for me.
 
Kind regards,
 
Living Room Rocker

HI All,
 
Nice to meet you! I am the CEO of Gobbler and I thought I would weigh in here.
 
Hi Steve, 

Gobbler is very different from Dropbox. The only thing we really have in common is that we both use Amazon web services. 

That's where the similarities end. Gobbler is designed from the ground up to be an application for pro-audio. I'll list some of our major differences.

1) Dropbox requires you to put all of the files you'd like to back up in the "Dropbox" folder on your main computer. Gobbler will back projects up from any connected device (an external drive a thumb drive, a firewire drive ect)

2) With Gobbler you can send projects of any size to any of your collaborators. Even when they are located on an external drive (read you don't have to move them to your main hard drive to send them)

3) Gobbler helps organize all of your projects no matter where they are stored. Dropbox is a folder on your drive you can save things in but it's up to you to organize them. 

4) Dropbox runs constantly in the background and we check to see if you are recording or using a DAW. If we detect this we sleep so we do not get in the way of your recording. 
 
5) Gobbler has a feature called Gobbler collect which makes Gobbler better able to ensure your project is properly backed up. Say for example your X3 project file is located on Drive A and your audio files are on Drive B. You do not have to do a save collect to back up or send your project. Gobbler will collect it all in the cloud there by keeping your local organizational structure. 
 
6) Gobbler's security model is also more robust. We encrypt your data on the client side. 

We are a different piece of software and the only one on the market designed for pro-audio.

hope this answers your question

Chris

Wow, very unexpected and impressive weigh-in! Thank you for taking time to stop by!

fooman
...I manually backup to a hardrive at the end of the night.  Doesn't take much time to do so, and I can safely leave my PC and have it move things over.  Simple enough.  But the storage space is often an issue as sessions grow in size and I am becoming busier and busier.

I have a Dropbox account for working with clients, does Gobbler allow us to mixdown and upload mixes automatically in some way?  What about sharing them among selected email addresses?

I work in a similar manner. I first tried Gobbler on my home office computer, but quickly removed it after seeing .gobbler everywhere I looked. I don't like the idea of "the cloud" gobbling up all the files on my computer. Yes I know you can supposedly select the files that are "gobbled, but I have a consulting company and have clients sensitive information on it.
Granted I have a separate computer for music production but I have two separate 3 TB external drives, one connected to that computer and another on my home network. Like you, I back up at the end of the day to both drives. (Belt and suspender guy). I also use Dropbox to share music files, etc.
 
Walt
 
 

I always feel funny playing cheerleader, but there have been a couple Gobbler related posts lately, so let me chime in.
 
I pestered the snot out of the Gobbler folks when they released it for Mac... I wanted my Windoze version. When they released a Winders version I wanted Sonar integration... they probably don't like me much, but I now have Sonar integration, so I'm happy<G>!
 
I do not know if I was the first Sonar user to try Gobbler, but I was a very early adopter. There have been a couple minor hiccups along the way, but I can say, with complete confidence, that I am a very happy user! I can't imagine not using Gobbler for my studio backups. It's just too easy... and how often does one make that observation?

With the release of X3 there is a minor problem with projects being backed up again if you re-save them in X3. You could, I suppose, look at this as an extra layer of version control, but since Gobbler already handles versioning it probably isn't necessary. Although the first time I need to re-open a project in X2 I guess I'll have to eat some crow.
 
I don't, presently, do a lot of transfers, but I think that's one of the cooler features. Actually, all the features are cool - automated backups, version control, transfers, de-duplicating, it's all really useful.
 
On top of that I have found the Gobbler developers to be very helpful.
 
I can't recommend Gobbler highly enough.

I confess I have not really used gobbler other than to test how it works.  After seeing Chris' post, I think I need to look a little more deeply.  I use dropbox but it is certainly not optimized for pro audio.  It is raw storage with a few minor tricks.  Not problem with that for me, but Gobbler seems like a more effective means of backing up and collaborating.

> I don't like the idea of "the cloud" gobbling up all the files on my computer.
 
Agreed, and the Dropbox app is a heavy bit of bloatware if ever I've seen it. First time you install it, it will upload all your docs to the cloud without asking you (if you don't do the custom install). An NSA persons dream.
 
Buy your own servers that's what I say ! :)
... and for the rest I guess there is gobbler.