On 10/17/2016 09:37 PM, Jason Voorhees wrote: > Hello guys: > > Based on your experience, what alternative do we have for backing up > information to the cloud preferably using Bacula? > > I've been reading some posts about similar topics. Bandwidth always > seem to be a problem because it isn't to big (Gigs per second) or > there's to much information (several terabytes) and Bacula can't run > jobs for so long without modifying source code and recompiling. > > I've been thinking something alternatives like these: > > 1. Backup to local disk and configure Copy jobs to make a copy to > Amazon S3. Local backups can run always fast but Copy jobs might be > delayed ... without issues? > > 2. Configure Amazon Storage Gateway as VTL so Bacula can backup > directly to Amazon using virtual tape devices through iSCSI. What do > you think about this? > > 3. For a single fileserver to be backed up (let's say a Samba server), > I could create a replica in the cloud (i.e. Amazon EC2) which can be > constantly synchronized (via rsync) and run Bacula locally in such EC2 > instance. > > What other ideas have you thought? Maybe a combination of other open > source tools that can be combined with Bacula? or maybe a different > open source solution that replaces Bacula to save backups in the > cloud? > > I'd appreciate some ideas, pros and/or cons to be discussed. > > Thanks in advance for your time bats! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >
My configuration, here, is to do daily backups at night to a disk array. The backup files then are mirrored to an on-line cloud storage service called SpiderOak. I keep several days worth of backups on the disk array & then rely on the SpiderOak files for long term storage. In this way, I completely have eliminated tape backups. CMR -- Linux distribution Debian v8.5, "Jessie" ------ "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty teeth." -- George Washington -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
