<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Nadav Har'El <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nyh@math.technion.ac.il" target="_blank">nyh@math.technion.ac.il</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi, I'm looking for a "cloud backup" solution for Linux, where I'll be<br>
able to use "rsync", "sftp" (and similar utilities) to a remote server<br>
to back up by files, and when needed, look at individual files (e.g.,<br>
using sshfs) or restore all my files.<br>
<br>
I am *not* looking for a solution based on special purpose (and usually,<br>
closed source) utilities or daemons that attempt to decide for me what to<br>
back up and when - I want to be of full control of this process.<br>
<br>
For the last 3 years, I've been using the services of "<a href="http://rsync.net" target="_blank">rsync.net</a>", and<br>
they're doing exactly what I want. However, the storage price I pay them<br>
is 40 cents per gigabyte per month, is 4 times that of Amazon's, so I<br>
think there must be a cheaper solution.<br>
<br>
One thing I've been thinking - wouldn't it be fairly easy to store my<br>
files on Amazon's S3 or even more simply EBS, and then run rsync server<br>
on a micro instance on EC2? Sounds like a cheap, convenient backup<br>
solution for Linux diehards like myself, and I wonder if anyone has<br>
done this before and then I won't need to code this myself?<br>
<br><br></blockquote><div><br>There's <a href="http://s3rsync.com">http://s3rsync.com</a> - they allow you to use rsync and they act as a layer to S3<br><br>Not sure if their pricing model (especially 'to be consumed within X days from the prepayment) fits you, however.<br>
<br>and obviously the data goes through them... but that didn't disturb you in <a href="http://rsync.net">rsync.net</a>, so I am suggesting it.<br><br>HTH,<br><br>-- Shimi<br></div></div><br></div>