[thelist] backups / disk space

Hassan Schroeder hassan.schroeder at gmail.com
Mon Mar 5 13:12:21 CST 2012


On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Anthony Baratta <anthony at baratta.com> wrote:

> One option we discussed was maybe using Amazon E3 to store backups.

Do you mean S3 (Simple Storage Service)?

> it might be cost effective to dump several rotating copies of the site
> there

Put your site(s) into a git repo and rsync that to S3; that way you have
history *and* minimize outbound traffic.

And/or get a private GitHub account and save it there.

Belt, suspenders, etc.  :-)

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