Hi,
 
I've always been one to struggle with managing all my project data and keeping everything backed up in the most convenient and efficient way.
 
For a while I thought Gobbler was the answer to my problems but that didn't go very well - now, I think I have figured out a decent way of managing my project data and keeping all my files mirrored/synced as I work on them...
 
Dropbox!
 
I now have my 'Cakewalk Projects' folder inside of the Dropbox folder on my computer so, whatever I do in SONAR is synced to my online account in real-time.
 
What about you guys?! How are you guys managing your project data?

I do not use the cloud for backup or transfer (speed, size limitations, paranoia, ...) but I simply use the SyncToy utility to sync between main and backup machine and also external drives. it is free, quick, easy to use, gives a summary what it will delete/overwrite before you commit, etc... pretty nice for such a simple thing, actually

CrashPlan is my preferred method now, it was recommended to me by Noel Borthwick of Cakewalk. And it works perfectly. The price per year is pretty cheap and you get unlimited backups. No need to store your files in a special folder, just tell CrashPlan which files to back up and it will back them up regularly. The cool part is that you can go back and get a version history if you want to roll a project back - just open CrashPlan and select a date and time for the file and it will download to your desktop. By far and away the best cloud backup I've used, way better than Gobbler.

I think it's important to back up to the cloud as well as external drives. What happens if you have a fire or flood and those drives are destroyed? You always have the cloud version to fall back on. Personally I would be too paranoid NOT backing up to a cloud. Way too risky.

sharke
CrashPlan is my preferred method now, it was recommended to me by Noel Borthwick of Cakewalk. And it works perfectly. The price per year is pretty cheap and you get unlimited backups. No need to store your files in a special folder, just tell CrashPlan which files to back up and it will back them up regularly. The cool part is that you can go back and get a version history if you want to roll a project back - just open CrashPlan and select a date and time for the file and it will download to your desktop. By far and away the best cloud backup I've used, way better than Gobbler.

I think it's important to back up to the cloud as well as external drives. What happens if you have a fire or flood and those drives are destroyed? You always have the cloud version to fall back on. Personally I would be too paranoid NOT backing up to a cloud. Way too risky.

+yay for CrashPlan.
 
Been using for over a year now.

I'n currently using OneDrive since I have 1 TB free. The business version which we have with Office 365 has versioning. I've been experimenting with Dropbox and it also has versioning available. It's also a standard for sharing files which is nice. I will check out CrashPlan too.
 
My 2 cents - even if you back up locally, back up to the cloud. It is cheap, secure and in case of a local disaster or hardware failure you are covered. Cloud storage is being used by most companies these days. It's no longer an experiment. 

I read somewhere that if your data doesn't exist in three locations, it doesn't exist. I liked that strategy. Because of this I use FreeFileSync and backup my files to an external USB hard drive and to OneDrive. I do this every day.

I have a number of clouds going for various things. There is so much free storage available you might as well take advantage of it. I use OneDrive for all my business related files - some tax info, Quickbooks backups, some website stuff etc. Then I have a Dropbox which I use to send large files to people. I also have a Google Drive which I use to store all of my manual pdf's which I can then access on my phone when I'm out and about (might as well get some manual reading done on the subway). I also use this to transfer photos and videos from my phone to my desktop, saves having to mess about with USB cables or emailing things to myself. And then of course I use CrashPlan to back up all of my music projects. 
 
I guess I have other "clouds" going on too - for instance I use Evernote to store all kinds of notes that I've made, which I can access in a web browser or an iPhone app. And a while ago I totally ditched Outlook calendars for Google calendars - I have lots of calendars on the go for my business and it's great to know they're always there in my Google account to access on my phone (and the iPhone app I use is actually more powerful than Outlook for the hardcore calendar editing I have to do on a daily basis). 
 
These are indeed amazing times. 
 
Can you imagine how pissed Freddie Mercury would have been if there had been a fire in the studio and his Bohemian Rhapsody tape, with all of its countless overdubs, was destroyed?