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I took the GP's remark about how he "went with s3 as s3cmd had a path of least resistance to storing backups" to mean that he considered B2 but opted for S3 sin

I took the GP's remark about how he "went with s3 as s3cmd had a path of least resistance to storing backups" to mean that he considered B2 but opted for S3 since the latter offers a backup utility, but the former supports neither a "native" (e.g., git or rsync over SSH) backup interface, nor does it have a Linux client—the approach for backup on B2 from desktop Linux is to roll your own backup solution or use somebody else's client that has already added support for the B2 API. I'm pretty sure the right Linux backup solution is rsync.net, by the way, which does support a native (SSH) file access interface. For big backups, storage is (slightly less than) twice as expensive as S3, but unlike S3, there are no bandwidth costs.

ac29 9y ago
rsync.net is 18x as expensive as B2. Have you ever used rclone? Its surprisingly good, though might not be a perfect replacement for rsync, depending on your usage.
- x4d66a5ce 9y ago
  > rsync.net is 18x as expensive as B2 I'm aware, but B2 is not the reference point. He said he went with S3, so that's what we're comparing to. I.e., if S3's prices are palatable, then rsync.net might be, too.
rsync 9y ago
"For big backups, storage is (slightly less than) twice as expensive as S3, but unlike S3, there are no bandwidth costs." Just to clarify ... we (rsync.net) support "borg backup" now (with borg deployed on the server side ...) which is the "holy grail" of efficient, zero knowledge, remote backups: https://www.stavros.io/posts/holy-grail-backups/ https://www.stavros.io/posts/holy-grail-backups/ ... and if you are willing to give up our ZFS snapshots on the account (you manage retention yourself with borg) and you are willing to handle your own technical support of borg, we offer a 3 cents rate. This is about the same price as S3: http://rsync.net/products/attic.html http://rsync.net/products/attic.html
- corobo 9y ago
  Sorry guys the path of least resistance also took into account price. I'll admit I've not checked your pricing recently but last time I used your service I was paying something like $70/yr for <100G storage

ac29 9y ago

rsync.net is 18x as expensive as B2. Have you ever used rclone? Its surprisingly good, though might not be a perfect replacement for rsync, depending on your usage.

x4d66a5ce 9y ago
> rsync.net is 18x as expensive as B2 I'm aware, but B2 is not the reference point. He said he went with S3, so that's what we're comparing to. I.e., if S3's prices are palatable, then rsync.net might be, too.

rsync 9y ago

"For big backups, storage is (slightly less than) twice as expensive as S3, but unlike S3, there are no bandwidth costs." Just to clarify ... we (rsync.net) support "borg backup" now (with borg deployed on the server side ...) which is the "holy grail" of efficient, zero knowledge, remote backups: https://www.stavros.io/posts/holy-grail-backups/ https://www.stavros.io/posts/holy-grail-backups/ ... and if you are willing to give up our ZFS snapshots on the account (you manage retention yourself with borg) and you are willing to handle your own technical support of borg, we offer a 3 cents rate. This is about the same price as S3: http://rsync.net/products/attic.html http://rsync.net/products/attic.html

corobo 9y ago
Sorry guys the path of least resistance also took into account price. I'll admit I've not checked your pricing recently but last time I used your service I was paying something like $70/yr for <100G storage