Re: [Bacula-users] Anyone using AWS tape gateway or other similar service?

2017-08-28 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 08/28/17 07:50, Josh Fisher wrote: > I have considered a cloud solution as an off-site storage, but abandoned > it for now for due to that very reason. Cloud storage is simply not yet > fast enough, or I should say that the Internet is not yet fast enough. > What if the restore would require

Re: [Bacula-users] Anyone using AWS tape gateway or other similar service?

2017-08-28 Thread Luke Salsich
I agree Josh. As we review this current internet speed limitation more, I think we will use AWS cloud for servers with small to moderate data size. For example, a Linux server which manages a web app and has a total disk size of under 50 GB will go to the cloud. Servers with storage which

Re: [Bacula-users] Anyone using AWS tape gateway or other similar service?

2017-08-28 Thread Josh Fisher
On 8/25/2017 1:49 PM, Luke Salsich wrote: One remaining concern which I have (not related to Bacula at all) is the time it would take to conduct a complete system restore due to needing to transfer the data from AWS to our local. Even with their fast connection, a 150 GB transfer could take

[Bacula-users] Anyone using AWS tape gateway or other similar service?

2017-08-25 Thread Luke Salsich
Hi All, I've posted a couple of questions here in the last few months about our 12-month test of switching Bacula to using virtual tapes, drives and changers through the AWS Storage Gateway. We are about 10 months into our test and after overcoming a bunch of hurdles, things seem to be going