Online backup to S3 for the Mac
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Online backup to S3 for the Mac
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Re: Online backup to S3 for the Mac
#2This page could really benefit from a screenshot or if you're feeling adventurous, a screencast.
I don't want to commit to downloading this app without seeing how it functions. I understand it lets me back up to S3, but how?
I dare say if you add these images, your conversion rates will skyrocket.
Assuming this is your site, anyway.
Re: Online backup to S3 for the Mac
#3If I do not have S3, what would be the total effective cost?
Re: Online backup to S3 for the Mac
#4This page could really benefit from a screenshot or if you're feeling adventurous, a screencast. I don't want to commit to downloading this app without seeing how it functions. I understand it lets me back up to S3, but how? I dare say if you add these images, your conversion rates will skyrocket. Assuming this is your site, anyway.
You're probably (hopefully?) right. It was on my list, but maybe I'll move it to the top of my list.
Re: Online backup to S3 for the Mac
#5If I do not have S3, what would be the total effective cost?
It doesn't work without an S3 account. The total cost is $29 (one time) plus monthly S3 charges. For example, 33GB backed up at S3 would cost $4.95/month in storage charges, plus some (relatively small) transmission and transaction charges. Upload transmission to S3 is free through June 2010.
Re: Online backup to S3 for the Mac
#6Good thing somebody brought up the problem of encryption with other backup providers (like Backblaze).
Still, problem is that if you want to back up a lot of data, S3 quickly becomes rather expensive. In my case, storage costs alone for around 550GB that I currently store on Backblaze would run me $82.50 a month. Not exactly small change.
Re: Online backup to S3 for the Mac
#7Sounds nice. Just too bad the contents of my NAS would cost $700 a month to keep on s3.
Re: Online backup to S3 for the Mac
#8Sounds nice. Just too bad the contents of my NAS would cost $700 a month to keep on s3.
+1 on this. Any decent NAS software (FreeNAS, OpenSolaris, etc) with an iscsi target will work great with the (free) GlobalSAN initiator and Time Machine.
Re: Online backup to S3 for the Mac
#9The price scaling issue worried me at first, and then I noticed the monthly budgeting — great feature. In the long run, you’ll always sacrifice price (vs. an external hard drive) for off-site data persistence anyway.
In any case, this looks really awesome for documents/projects backup to supplement my TimeMachine drive.
Re: Online backup to S3 for the Mac
#10I can't judge how much it'll cost to back my iMac up. I have about 750Gb of data.