[HCoop-Discuss] Backups: rsync vs. Amazon Glacier

[Adam Chlipala]

On 09/03/2012 12:23 PM, Steve Killen wrote:
> So we currently do backups with rsync.net <http://rsync.net> for 
> ~$60/mo. I just ran across Amazon Glacier:
>
> http://aws.amazon.com/glacier/
>
> It's $0.01/GB a month.
>
> I'm just spitballing to get the conversation started, but off the cuff 
> it seems worth looking into to reduce our backup costs--how much data 
> are we maintaining with rsync?

I don't even know if a working, reasonable back-up regime is in place at 
this point.  It wouldn't surprise me if that slipped by the wayside 
during various upgrades.

A regular process for testing the integrity of back-up data would be 
great; I don't think we ever had one.
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