Aq looks great, esp. the retention of metadata (file dates). If only it supported Windows.
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > A bit OT but ... Hmm.. Just got thinking about about Amazon being used by > Dropbox and their relative pricing. > > Amazon charges $.095/GB/Month for its storage. That's $9.50/Mo or > $114.00/Year for 100GB. > http://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/ > > 100GB is the first tier of paid Dropbox which goes for $9.99/Mo or > $99.00/year (17% discount). > https://www.dropbox.com/upgrade > > That's surprising: the same storage is actually cheaper on Dropbox! Why? > - Az only charges for what you actually use, while DB charges for the > 100GB even tho you only use a fraction of it. My guess is that for most > folks (say 50% utility) Az is cheaper. > - DB probably gets a volume discount but provides additional services for > the user. > - Arq is "just an app" but the same could be said for DB > http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/ > > But then Google gets into the act: Google Drive costs less, only > $4.99/100GB/Mo. > That's considerably less, but then GD is new to the game and it isn't > clear just how easily it is used. Possibly Arq, DB and others could offer > their services on GD for less? > > But boy, this shows that there is considerable competition in the storage > world! > > -- Owen > > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Arq sounds great, thanks for the pointer. Looks like a winner. >> >> Kinda interesting dropbox uses amazon too. >> >> -- Owen >> >> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Barry MacKichan < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'll put in my two cents. >>> >>> All the files I care about are on a Mac, so I use Arq, which backs up to >>> Amazon's S3 and Glacier services. There are two levels of S3 service which >>> vary in their redundancy. The higher level (S3 standard storage) claims: >>> Designed for 99.999999999% durability and 99.99% availability of objects >>> over a given year. >>> Designed to sustain the concurrent loss of data in two facilities. >>> >>> The price is now $.095 per gigabyte per month. I have watched it go down >>> from $.15 to $.095, but it may not be going down as fast as hard drive >>> prices. >>> >>> Amazon's Glacier storage is $.01 per gigabyte per month, but it has a >>> time delay on recovery (about 4 hours, enough time for the gerbils to mount >>> a tape). It can get expensive to move a lot of data in and out of Glacier, >>> but it is fine for long time storage. >>> >>> So now I have my home folder tree on Time Machine and Amazon S3. I have >>> a music and old data (carried forth from PC to PC since the late 80's) on >>> Glacier, so for most of my data (but not bought applications) I have copies >>> 1) on my Mac, 2) on my Time Machine, and 3) on S3 and Glacier offsite. >>> >>> The next problem is if (when) I have to reduce the amount of data on my >>> Mac (when going to SSD, possibly) I will need a place for the data moved >>> off my Mac and my Tiime Machine. I probably will go with a Drobo, which has >>> a good bit of redundancy and which would require only a Glacier backup >>> ($10.00 per terabyte per month) . >>> >>> I am putting some faith in Amazon, but their record is so far quite >>> good, and a disk in a safety deposit box, at least in my case, would be >>> updated rarely if at all. >>> >>> --Barry >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 16, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: >>> >>> I figured out the google drive vs g+ plan. It turns out they are >>> integrated, a good thing I think. I was concerned it was yet another half >>> baked stunt but this seems pretty well managed. >>> >>> -- Owen >>> >>> torage plan pricing >>> >>> Learn about your options for purchasing more storage for Google Drive, >>> Google+ Photos, and Gmail. >>> >>> Store up to 5 GB between Google Drive and Google+ Photos, then pay for >>> additional storage as your account grows. Here's how it works: >>> >>> - Tap into your free storage as soon as you start using Google Drive >>> and G+ Photos. >>> - Purchase additional storage that can be shared across Google Drive >>> and G+ Photos. 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