Comments on: Using Amazon S3 for hard drive backups

By: tiffany

tiffany — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:54:37 +0000

Something I’ve noticed after several months of using S3: ZIP files seem to get corrupted.

By: tiffany

tiffany — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:54:00 +0000

Something I’ve noticed after several months of using S3: ZIP files seem to get corrupted.

By: Michael Miles

Michael Miles — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:57:14 +0000

Came across your post looking for directions on getting Transmit setup. FYI, I had uploaded files to S3 when it first came out in 2004 and just for the first time downloaded them. All my files were corrupted.

I’m not overly assured that S3 is a great back up tool.

By: Michael Miles

Michael Miles — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:57:00 +0000

I’m not overly assured that S3 is a great back up tool.

By: Ms. Jen

Ms. Jen — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:30:49 +0000

Hi Tiffany,

Thanks for the info on this. I signed up for Amazon S3 last year at this time, but did not have the time to create my own app to interact with it. Then I forgot about it, until your blog post. I have Transmit and am now using it to back up my hard drive.

Thanks!

smiles, jen ;o)

By: Ms. Jen

Ms. Jen — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:30:00 +0000

Hi Tiffany,

Thanks!

smiles, jen ;o)

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:21:45 +0000

thanks tiffany. I just use an external hard drive. I used to back up to cds but who knows how long that media will last. then my hard drive died and I lost…EVERYTHING. anyway, this is great!

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:21:00 +0000

thanks tiffany. I just use an external hard drive. I used to back up to cds but who knows how long that media will last. then my hard drive died and I lost…EVERYTHING. anyway, this is great!

By: tiffany

tiffany — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:07:36 +0000

Oh, more like a couple *days* John — depending on your internet connection. I was able to back up a gigabyte or so in about 8 hours. And you don’t have to back up everything at once.

Mozy does offer an advantage, however, when you start storing larger amounts of data.

By: tiffany

tiffany — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:07:00 +0000

Oh, more like a couple *days* John — depending on your internet connection. I was able to back up a gigabyte or so in about 8 hours. And you don’t have to back up everything at once.

Mozy does offer an advantage, however, when you start storing larger amounts of data.

By: John Smythe

John Smythe — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:56:07 +0000

Try backing up 3GB on-line. See ya in a couple of weeks…

Anyway, in case you have the patience, do take a look at http://www.mozy.com (IMHO better than S3)

By: John Smythe

John Smythe — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:56:00 +0000

Try backing up 3GB on-line. See ya in a couple of weeks…

Anyway, in case you have the patience, do take a look at http://www.mozy.com (IMHO better than S3)

By: tiffany

tiffany — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:02:15 +0000

For me, self-hosted solutions have a basic problem: you never have enough space. Aside from the risks of something tragic happening to your media, it’s just a pain in the a** to have to keep buying DVDs, or hard drive space. That’s why I’d vote for an off-site, online, unlimited(-ish) storage solution such as S3 or Mozy.

I wouldn’t trust those sites with my most personal of personal data (i.e. electronic versions of my tax returns). But for other stuff that I’d likely publish on the web anyway? Absolutely.

By: tiffany

tiffany — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:02:00 +0000

I wouldn’t trust those sites with my most personal of personal data (i.e. electronic versions of my tax returns). But for other stuff that I’d likely publish on the web anyway? Absolutely.

By: j. brotherlove

j. brotherlove — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:05:24 +0000

I’ve been doing the DVD-backup thing and you’re right; it sort of sucks. I know a couple of people who use S3 but I’ve been apprehensive about storing yet more my data on Amazon’s servers. I haven’t counted it out. But I’m more interested in self-hosted solutions right now.