Life & fun · September 16, 2022
Low-cost backup to S3 Glacier Deep Archive
Hi, most people (hopefully) have local backups. However, when that backup fails, it is good to have a backup stored somewhere off-site. In the old days you would ship physical drives/tapes, which is cumbersome, costly, and slow. With fast upload speeds, it is now possible to upload your data to the cloud. I have found S3 Glacier Deep Archive to be a great solution for this: - It is very cheap ($1/TB/month for US region) - Very reliable (99.999999999% data durability, data spread over 3 Availability Zones) However, usability out of the box is not that great, I'm not aware of…
Low-cost backup to S3 Glacier Deep Archive launched on September 16, 2022 with 120 votes, #291 of 3,464 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.
In plain words
This project provides automated backup functionality for S3 Glacier Deep Archive, designed for users who want affordable off-site backup storage. It targets those with ZFS systems seeking to move beyond local backups. The tool addresses the gap between Glacier Deep Archive's low cost ($1/TB/month) and high durability against its limited built-in usability, automating uploads that would otherwise require manual setup.
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From the sources
Extremely low cost, off-site backup/restore using AWS S3 Glacier Deep Archive - mrichtarsky/glacier_deep_archive_backup
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi, most people (hopefully) have local backups. However, when that backup fails, it is good to have a backup stored somewhere off-site. In the old days you would ship physical drives/tapes, which is cumbersome, costly, and slow. With fast upload speeds, it is now possible to upload your data to the cloud. I have…
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