Comments on: Amazon for Quick Backup

By: Rob Patton

Rob Patton — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:43:53 +0000

I realize this is a bit late, but.. that does sound like a nice backup/archiving setup you have going, if you have the time to describe it in more detail that would be very helpful. Thanks!

By: nicholas

nicholas — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:43:04 +0000

please tell me how to set up jungle so it automatically schedules an upload of specified data to amazon s3. i have no idea.

By: mkb

mkb — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 06:59:53 +0000

Hmm... I've yet to replace my off-site backup system since .Mac Backup let me down after a drive failure. I rotate a full mirror off site occasionally, but that's every few days at best. I still need something that does that .Mac Backup claimed to do: back up key files to off-site automatically and at least daily.

I used Interarchy from the earliest releases (it was called Anarchie in those days), but abandoned it as the UI became more and more insane. With a service like StrongSpace I can use trusty, old rsync to back up my files. That's easy to set up and reliable.

However, S3 looks like it would be much cheaper, even with transfer fees.

Decisions, decisions...

--mkb

PS: You mentioned a while back that you were cooking up a comparison of SynchronizeX Pro and ChronoSync. Is that still in the works?

By: James Ledoux

James Ledoux — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:06:14 +0000

Matt,

That sounds like a nifty system. Can you describe or provide more info on the Mac mini + 2 500 GB drives. I am thiking about trying a similar approach. Any tips on drive purcahse or setup for best results?

Thanks,

James

http://www.jamesledoux.com/blog