Re: Cloud Backup

2013-05-19 Thread E.S. Rosenberg
I think Shachar is missing one point about S3 and similar amazon services. You are assuming that amazon created infrastructure specifically for S3. S3 and other products is amazon renting off it's over-capacity, as such it *pays* for amazon to have a very reliable and stable infrastructure

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-05-17 Thread Ghiora Drori
at 12:04 AM, Nadav Har'El n...@math.technion.ac.ilwrote: On Thu, May 16, 2013, Steve Litt wrote about Re: Cloud Backup: 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

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-05-17 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 17/05/13 10:13, Ghiora Drori wrote: As to reliability: (This is effectively a contract): No, it isn't (see below). https://aws.amazon.com/glacier/#highlights Quote: Amazon Glacier is designed to provide average annual durability of 99.9% If this is not good enough for you too

SLA nine ninths (was: Re: Cloud Backup)

2013-05-17 Thread Omer Zak
IMO, the quote does not promise a nine nines assurance. It only says that Amazon Glacier WAS DESIGNED to provide this kind of assurance. On Fri, 2013-05-17 at 11:04 +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: On 17/05/13 10:13, Ghiora Drori wrote: As to reliability: (This is effectively a contract):

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-05-17 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Shachar Shemesh shac...@shemesh.biz writes: On 17/05/13 10:13, Ghiora Drori wrote: https://aws.amazon.com/glacier/#highlights Quote: Amazon Glacier is designed to provide average annual durability of 99.9% If this is not good enough for you too bad.

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-05-17 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 17/05/13 11:43, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Shachar Shemesh shac...@shemesh.biz writes: On 17/05/13 10:13, Ghiora Drori wrote: https://aws.amazon.com/glacier/#highlights Quote: Amazon Glacier is designed to provide average annual durability of 99.9% If

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-05-17 Thread Ghiora Drori
Shachar Shemesh enjoys being rude and wrong. I suggest he install new fuses. On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Shachar Shemesh shac...@shemesh.bizwrote: On 17/05/13 11:43, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Shachar Shemesh shac...@shemesh.biz shac...@shemesh.biz writes: On 17/05/13 10:13, Ghiora

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-05-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
very happy with Amazon's cloud offerings. I have had very good experience with their support teams. On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Nadav Har'El n...@math.technion.ac.il wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a cloud backup solution for Linux, where I'll be able to use rsync, sftp (and similar utilities

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-05-16 Thread Steve Litt
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

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-05-16 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Thu, May 16, 2013, Dotan Cohen wrote about Re: Cloud Backup: Nadav, Amazon has a special service made just for this: http://aws.amazon.com/glacier/pricing/ Well, Glacier indeed appears to be great service, but it's not very convenient to back up a Linux machine with it. I was looking

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-05-16 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Thu, May 16, 2013, Steve Litt wrote about Re: Cloud Backup: 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

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-05-15 Thread Nadav Har'El
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

Cloud Backup

2013-02-23 Thread Nadav Har'El
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. I am *not* looking for a solution based on special

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-02-23 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
I had to pay for it since my free usage has been somehow finished. - You can use several scripts that you can find on Google to rsync with Dropbox. Thanks, Hetz 2013/2/23 Nadav Har'El n...@math.technion.ac.il Hi, I'm looking for a cloud backup solution for Linux, where I'll be able

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-02-23 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote about Re: Cloud Backup: - You can use S3, but then the rsync could be problematic, since there is no rsync server on the other side. This is the part I'd need to code - run some sort of server process on EC2. I agree that it would be easier to do

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-02-23 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Nadav Har'El n...@math.technion.ac.ilwrote: On Sat, Feb 23, 2013, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote about Re: Cloud Backup: - You can use S3, but then the rsync could be problematic, since there is no rsync server on the other side. This is the part I'd need

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-02-23 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote about Re: Cloud Backup: Google lets you pay for a minimal time of 15 minutes. ProfitBricks charges by 3 minute chunks. Thanks, good to know. However, for my purposes, 60 cents (one hour a day) vs 15 cents (15 minutes a day) are not big

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-02-23 Thread Tomer Cohen
, Nadav Har'El n...@math.technion.ac.ilwrote: 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. I am

Re: Cloud Backup

2013-02-23 Thread shimi
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Nadav Har'El n...@math.technion.ac.ilwrote: 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