[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

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patrick sanders
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