Jens Berg <[email protected]> writes: > On 8/28/2019 9:14 AM, Olivier wrote: >> I have a dedicated server that runs Amanda, with 8 bays, I never >> disconnect the disks unless it is time to replace them with a newer >> and biger one. > > Don't you have Off-Site backups?
No. > Since I switched from LTO to vtapes, I'm using USB drives for that which > I exchange weekly with a set I store at home. Never had issues with that > in the last years. My Amanda server is an old machine, no USB 3, so USB drives is not realistic. > I'd love to use a cloud service instead but the price for a reasonable > fast Internet connection together with a sufficiently large cloud > storage is way too high. Depending on the amount of cloud storage you need, how long you want to keep it, etc. I was considering Blackblaze B2 storage or Amazon glacier (is it Amazon) as it is storage that you hopefully do not need to access much, so in the cloud it can drift to cheaper 3rd tier storage. From what I looked, their prices would be similar. I'd favor Blackblaze for their no non-sense, very simple approach. If I remember well, I needed a round robin of about 10TB, (new backup added every week, but older backup removed at the same rate, so the total storage does not grow much) and it adds up to 5$/month/TB. My current limitation is the network bandwidth, until there is a cloud installed in Thailand, I would use all my current weekly b/w just to upload my weekly level 0 backup. I had been considering other solutions, that would offer "unlimited" cloud storage for personal use, but my use is not personal and it is often "backup storage" so you have to conform to their file system, use their application to do the storage (not API, but backup software) etc. And you have never guarantee as when they will start limiting their storage capacity. One last solution is my own colocated server at a datacenter we have good connection with, but so far, monthly running cost would not be cheaper than storage space on the cloud and you must factor the procurement and maintenance cost. Maybe if I replace the current Amanda server by a brand new system, that current one could go to coloc. Best regards, Olivier --
