[thelist] backups / disk space
patrick
pms at stoutstreet.com
Mon Mar 5 12:07:49 CST 2012
On 3/5/2012 12:55 pm, Bob Meetin wrote:
> This may sound silly, but...
>
> I have a reseller VPS account with a diskspace limit, no surprise. I
> am generally happy with the service and hosting, aside from the space
> limitations. Currently at 59GB cost is $69.95/mo. Upping this to
> 80GB will run another $25 or so.
>
> They do once a week backups and due to costs overwrite the previous,
> so you don't have much history if you have to go back beyond a week.
> I run some auxiliary backups, need to monitor things pretty closely to
> avoid encroaching on the limits.
>
> Curiously, if you were to go with the providers' shared hosting you
> can get a really inexpensive package with unlimited disk space. I'm
> thinking out loud about the possibility of signing up for a cheap
> unlimited plan and doing nothing more than using it to archive
> filesystem backup zip files. So, the questions:
>
> Is this ethical or borderline ethical?
>
> Is there any way to set up an automated job that FTPs a dump file from
> the VPS to shared account to a specific folder?
>
> Yes I know .....
>
> -Bob
>
>
Not sure, but there may be some fine print in these 'unlimited' plans
that prevent this.
You can create an rsync cron to do what you want to do
--
patrick sanders
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