On 1/18/08, Cliff Hirsch <cliff@...> wrote:
Is anyone using Amazon S3 for backup? Instead of getting another independent server, setting up rsync, etc. this seems like a good solution for backing up a server or sql database. Sure, my ISP does daily backups, but having more control by backing up the database off-site would make me sleep better.
Anyone have any experience? Good, bad, suggestions, ideas? Any other alternatives worth looking at?
My big problem is that it costs more to get data out than to put it in.
http://www.amazon.com/S3-AWS-home-page-Money/b?ie=UTF8&node=16427261
Storage
$0.15 per GB-Month of storage used
Data Transfer
$0.10 per GB - all data transfer in
$0.18 per GB - first 10 TB / month data transfer out
$0.16 per GB - next 40 TB / month data transfer out
$0.13 per GB - data transfer out / month over 50 TB
Not a scenario I want to be dealing with during a stressful situation.
Take a look at an actual backup provider such as
raidarray.net or
rsync.net.
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