[TriLUG] Offsite data backup/storage suggestions

[bak]

s3fs + rsync + S3 is pretty nice.

tarsnap is great, even easier to use, and nicely paranoid. But it's also
twice as expensive as S3 and UNIX-only.

IMO the best is rsync.net, which is more like $0.80/GB. Run by a
hands-off-my-data fanatic on FreeBSD.

S3 is like the 72-function swiss army knife; rsync.net is like a freshly
stropped straight razor made with a handle made from woolly mammoth
ivory. ;)

Don't ever depend on just one strategy is the best advice you can get
when dealing with backups.

--bak

On 12/14/11 2:47 PM, Jack Hill wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've decided it's time to get an automatic off site backups setup (My
> current setup of exchanging between my office and home every week
> isn't working since it requires manual intervention).
>
> This is for personal/family data. I'm estimating 30GB, which is
> probably contains reproducible data, but I don't want to have to
> organize my content based on whether it needs an off site backup. I'm
> planing on managing the backups with duplicity (other software
> suggestions are welcome).
>
> I currently estimate my cost at around $50/500GB/year (get two $500GB
> drives, replace one every year).
>
> My question is what storage provider do people recommend? My default
> choice would be Amazon S3. I guess I could go with the reduced
> redundancy since that's still more than I'm doing now. What other
> providers should I be looking at? Ubuntu One (n.b. I'm not on Ubuntu)
> seems a lot cheaper.
>
> Thanks,
> Jack