Comments on: Using Amazon S3 for backup http://blog.jayway.com/2007/09/02/using-amazon-s3-for-backup/ Sharing Experience Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Greg http://blog.jayway.com/2007/09/02/using-amazon-s3-for-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-7340 Greg Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:09:55 +0000 http://blog.jayway.com/?p=162#comment-7340 You can try As3FileSync from http://www.as3soft.com/ . Simple and get things done. You can try As3FileSync from http://www.as3soft.com/ . Simple and get things done.

]]> By: Ulrik Sandberg http://blog.jayway.com/2007/09/02/using-amazon-s3-for-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Ulrik Sandberg Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:30:14 +0000 http://blog.jayway.com/?p=162#comment-12 I don't want to rule out one or the other. Currently, I back up my photos weekly to S3 using the automatic backup in Jungle Disk. Our photos are irreplaceable, so the cost of a dollar or two per month for an off-site backup is nothing. I use Time Machine in Leopard to get the history and the daily changes backed up. I use Synchronize! Pro X to get a bootable snapshot of my hard drive. A bootable replica is very useful, not only to be back up and running in 30 seconds after a crash, but also for the ability to boot up your system on any other machine. CrashPlan seems to be a really interesting approach, possibly complementing the ones above. This is an efficient way of getting another off-site backup of your photos and home movies. You rely on the infra-structure of your buddies, and it's not as safe and secure as Amazon S3. But then again, you and your buddies are all in the same boat, so to speak. It's in everyone's interest to keep the disks running and accessible. I don’t want to rule out one or the other. Currently, I back up my photos weekly to S3 using the automatic backup in Jungle Disk. Our photos are irreplaceable, so the cost of a dollar or two per month for an off-site backup is nothing.

I use Time Machine in Leopard to get the history and the daily changes backed up. I use Synchronize! Pro X to get a bootable snapshot of my hard drive. A bootable replica is very useful, not only to be back up and running in 30 seconds after a crash, but also for the ability to boot up your system on any other machine.

CrashPlan seems to be a really interesting approach, possibly complementing the ones above. This is an efficient way of getting another off-site backup of your photos and home movies. You rely on the infra-structure of your buddies, and it’s not as safe and secure as Amazon S3. But then again, you and your buddies are all in the same boat, so to speak. It’s in everyone’s interest to keep the disks running and accessible.

]]> By: Henrik Bernström http://blog.jayway.com/2007/09/02/using-amazon-s3-for-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Henrik Bernström Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:22:24 +0000 http://blog.jayway.com/?p=162#comment-11 This really looks like a strong competitor for my final choice of backup solution. Looks cheap and reliable. I have tried out CrashPlan (http://www.crashplan.com) for a little while now and the idea is brilliant - to have you and your friends connect and backup on each others computers over the Internet in a simple and easy way with a tool that is easy to use - if it only wasn't for one thing; namely, to rely on your friends. I wouldn't want to find myself in the situation where one of my best friends messes up my backed up photos, for example. Even if I know I have my data backed up on other locations, it just doesn't feel safe enough. This really looks like a strong competitor for my final choice of backup solution. Looks cheap and reliable.

I have tried out CrashPlan (http://www.crashplan.com) for a little while now and the idea is brilliant – to have you and your friends connect and backup on each others computers over the Internet in a simple and easy way with a tool that is easy to use – if it only wasn’t for one thing; namely, to rely on your friends.

I wouldn’t want to find myself in the situation where one of my best friends messes up my backed up photos, for example. Even if I know I have my data backed up on other locations, it just doesn’t feel safe enough.

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