I've been playing with backupmyapp.com - they recently changed their pricing model and made it much more viable - works fine with Heroku too..that might be just the ticket for you
I'd imagine they're using s3 behind the scenes. john. On Jan 7, 7:18 pm, Matt Buck <[email protected]> wrote: > Baz, > > You don't really need to be too concerned about backing up files that are > already stored on S3. Those files are thoroughly replicated on Amazon's > end. For an added measure of security, you could duplicate your files from > S3 to some other cloud storage service (i.e. cloudfiles), but it would > probably be more trouble and cost than it's worth. > > - Matt Buck > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Baz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm considering using Heroku for a new app that I'm working on - but > > I'm not too sure about backups. > > > I can grab a bundle every night, or use this: > >http://nickmerwin.com/easily-backup-your-heroku-database-to-s3just to > > grab the database (as I've already got my code stored in source > > control so I may as well save on bandwidth). > > > But what about files that my app has uploaded to S3? > > > My other apps (on traditional VPSes) have backup routines that put the > > backups onto S3 - so I have two copies of everything (one on the VPS > > and one on S3). But this app, because of the filesystem will need to > > push stuff onto S3 straight away - so I'll only have a single copy. > > Is that safe? I can't find much detail about what Amazon will do in > > the case of a disaster. > > > Also - my app will have a warning stating that you should keep your > > own copies of these files but no-one ever reads warnings, so it's best > > to ask the question I feel. > > > Cheers > > > Baz. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Heroku" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<heroku%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en.
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