Re: [rdiff-backup-users] offsite service providers?

[Niall O Broin]

On 15 Mar 2007, at 16:32, Greg Freemyer wrote:

> On 3/15/07, Jonathan Sefton <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On 14 Mar 2007, at 16:50, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> >
> > > Or know of another cost-effective way to get 200-500 GB of offsite
> > > storage for rdiff backups?  (I tend to have very small delta's  
> > so I'm
> > > won't need much bandwidth after the initial pass.)
> >
> > I've just started using rsync.net for this - http://rsync.net/ - they
> > currently support rdiff-backup 1.0.4.  Standard rate is $1.60 per GB
> > per month, but this is discounted to $0.80 per GB per month for
> > 400-999 GB.  So you'd be looking at maybe $400 per month - does that
> > count as cost effective?  (There are no bandwidth charges).
> > Excellent service so far.
>
> It does look like a good product and I like the RAID-6 storage.
>
> I'll think about the $400/month for 500GB.  Not outrageous, but more
> than I was hoping for.

Hetzner in Germany (www.hetzner.de) provide you with a box with 2 x  
300GB disks which you can configure as RAID-1 (provided you know what  
you're doing) for about €60 / month (currently about 80 US pesos -  
that may vary depending on just how far down the toilet Dubya drives  
the U.S. currency). There's unlimited transit in that too. Seesm too  
good to be true, but I have a couple of boxes with them, and I know  
people who've been with them for > 1 year, and they've been reliable.  
You could get two of those boxes, and configure each of them as  
RAID-0, and have your data backed up onto both of them as RAIS-1 for  
$160 / month. Add in a third server for RAIS-1 + hot spare and you're  
still looking at about 1/2 the price of rsync.net - but you are going  
to do more work yourself.





Kindest regards,



Niall  O Broin