[svlug] Maintaining a backup in the cloud using rsync

Mark - Syminet mark at syminet.com
Mon Dec 8 13:55:22 PST 2014


Going to have to mention BackupPC:  

http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ 

...so why not buy a VPS from some cheap provider, 
and "apt-get install backuppc"?  

At least this way, you control 2/3rds of the package.  

-- 
Mark


On Dec 7, 2014, at 9:58 AM, norm at dad.org wrote:

> I have adequate local backup. But I'm interested in the additional security of
> an off site backup. I would like to find some site that that would let me
> store a directory, and maintain it, nightly, via rsync. I would prefer a site
> where the physical storage is not in the San Francisco Bay Area.
> 
> The directory would recursively contain about 33 gigabytes, distributed
> amongst about 760,000 files, almost none of which change from night to night.
> 
> I would appreciate advice and recommendations.
> 
>    Norman Shapiro
> 
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