On Thu, 16 May 2013 07:50:36 +0300 Nadav Har'El <n...@math.technion.ac.il> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013, Nadav Har'El wrote about "Cloud Backup": > > Hi, I'm looking for a "cloud backup" solution for Linux, where I'll > > be able to use "rsync", "sftp" (and similar utilities) to a remote > > server to back up by files, and when needed, look at individual > > files (e.g., using sshfs) or restore all my files. > >... > > > > For the last 3 years, I've been using the services of "rsync.net", > > and they're doing exactly what I want. However, the storage price I > > pay them is 40 cents per gigabyte per month, is 4 times that of > > Amazon's, so I think there must be a cheaper solution. > > If anyone was following this thread, I'll give you the latest news. > > rsync.net just announced (see > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5638295) that during May, they > sell 50 GB of quota for $60 a year. I switched to this deal, and it > gives me 4 times the quota (!) I've been getting up to now, at a > price of just just 10 cents per gigabyte per month. Now it will be > much easier for me to backup my Linux system without thinking twice > about the quota, and I don't need to code anything on Amazon. What happens in June? I was looking at http://www.rsync.net/resources/faq.html#13 , and that listed the price before quantity discounts at $0.80/gigabyte_month, so with my 30 GB, I'd be paying $24/month. I like the idea of using rsync or sftp to upload and download my files, but $24/month is pretty steep. Thanks SteveT > _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il