Re: [BLUG] looking for (linux friendly) offsite backup options

Amazon S3 is pretty doable for the home user. You do have to find a savvy client, but it works well. You can calculate your monthly costs in advance. Client-wise, I use s3tools/s3cmd, which is an rsync clone for S3:

http://s3tools.org/s3tools


One popular consumer oriented solution, Dropbox, is actually Amazon S3 based. There is a Linux Dropbox client:

http://www.dropbox.com/downloading?os=lnx

Ben Shewmaker April 3, 2011 2:51 PM

Does anyone have any recommendations on offsite backup options? I
know there are a number of companies with varying offers on price and
storage, but a number of them only work with their software (usually
windows/pc only). Right now I have an Ubuntu box serving as my NAS,
so ideally I'd love to be able to continue to backup to that, then
have that box backup to the cloud. I have around 50 gigs of
photos/vids/other docs right now that I really need backed up, but of
course that will only grow as I take more pictures and videos and
whatnot. What about something like Rackspace or Amazon s3? Or they
purely enterprise solutions or are they doable and/or affordable for a
home user? Or is there some other company that will provide what I
need?

Thanks!
Ben
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