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[survey] third party backup
At some point I think everyone will have to accept that we can't really manage everything. We have to escalate some of our system, especially backup.
This is mini survey on how you use third party backup service.
Question
Backup Method:
Restore Method:
Size:
Price:
Example answer
Backup Method: FTP/FTPS/Duplicity/R1Soft/S3 etc
Restore Method: FTP/Samba mount
Size: 100GB
Price: $20
Also, whats the frustration you faced with current provider?
inb4 backupsy
Comments
Does a self-managed backup VPS / server count as a third-party backup service or BAAS only?
Dropbox seems to be ok,too but only with encryption (like $10 for 1TB). Haven't had the time to look at their API.
Online.net offer 750GB backup for EUR 4.99 for server rent.
Backup Method: Automated using Saltstack with S3 via Duplicity
Restore Method: Manual using scripts with S3 via Duplicity
Size: ~20GB
Price: $0.28
Issues: Restoring with Duplicity got a server shutdown due to high disk usage - had to start all over again (Duplicity requires me to download the snapshot to another location - then perform a merge of the data).
The latter.
But do you still handles all your backup yourselves?
You can always encrypt locally, but is there really any provider able to provide 1TB with that price?
Dropbox, Google drive, kimsufi servers,...