[gentoo-user] [OT] Off site storage solution

[gentoo-user] [OT] Off site storage solution

[Momesso Andrea]

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This is very OT, but maybe I can finde some suggestions here.

I've got a gentoo server running on a VPS from linode
http://www.linode.com/ . I'm using the basic plan (linode 360) and I'm
happy with that.
The plan gives me 16gb storage that is enough for the webserver to work
and to store a lot user documents (PDF mostly) in the site.

Now an user asked me to store online his bibliography that it's about 
96gb and growing.

A realtively cheap solution would be to store at home his documents
(well protected and backupped), on a dedicated nas. The matter is that
my isp doesn't give me a lot of upload bandiwidth (while I can download
more than 1mb/s I can't upload more than 50k/s). This might become kinda
annoying if the user is on the other side of the world and wants to show
to a collegue a 190mb pdf.

I could also upgrade my linode to a linode 2880, that would give me
enough space (128GB instead of 16) but will also cost me much more
($159.95 per month instaed of $19.95). This is due to the fact that they
will also increase my ram and data transfer (that I don't need).

Is anyone aware of a off site storage solution that could satisfay my
needs?

Thank you in advance and sorry for the OT

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Off site storage solution

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:12:27 +0200, Momesso Andrea wrote:

> Is anyone aware of a off site storage solution that could satisfay my
> needs?

Amazon's S3 service has proved reliable and economical for me.


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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Off site storage solution

[Momesso Andrea]

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On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 11:47:11AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:12:27 +0200, Momesso Andrea wrote:
> 
> > Is anyone aware of a off site storage solution that could satisfay my
> > needs?
> 
> Amazon's S3 service has proved reliable and economical for me.
> 

Looks very interesting...

Does it also provide a way to mount it as a filesystem (for example via
nfs), so that it becomes transparently part of my server?

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Off site storage solution

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:13:42 +0200, Momesso Andrea wrote:

> > Amazon's S3 service has proved reliable and economical for me.

> Looks very interesting...
> 
> Does it also provide a way to mount it as a filesystem (for example via
> nfs), so that it becomes transparently part of my server?

There's a fuse module to mount it as a filesystem, or you can access it
with DAV IIRC.


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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Off site storage solution

[Momesso Andrea]

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On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 12:42:58PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:13:42 +0200, Momesso Andrea wrote:
> 
> > > Amazon's S3 service has proved reliable and economical for me.
> 
> > Looks very interesting...
> > 
> > Does it also provide a way to mount it as a filesystem (for example via
> > nfs), so that it becomes transparently part of my server?
> 
> There's a fuse module to mount it as a filesystem, or you can access it
> with DAV IIRC.
> 

Sounds interesting, thanks for the info!

I might provide the user both a physical storage (at my place) and the
amazon s3.

This way the user will be able to use the local one for 90% of his
needs, integrated in the web interface he alredy knows and uses everyday
(or maybe a knowledgtree installation would be even better), and a link
for "fast downloads", near every file that will connect directly to the
amazon server.

If I set up a script to keep in sync my local storage and the amazon
one, the user will be able to reduce the costs (only download from
amazon when really needed), and will not have to bother learning a new
interface.

Thank you again!

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Off site storage solution

[Mike Kazantsev]

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On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 14:17:51 +0200
Momesso Andrea <momesso.andrea@gmail.com> wrote:

> If I set up a script to keep in sync my local storage and the amazon
> one, the user will be able to reduce the costs (only download from
> amazon when really needed), and will not have to bother learning a new
> interface.

Note that there are several backup utils that support S3 storage
specifically, take a look at that:

  grep '^app-backup.*:s3' /usr/portage/profiles/use.local.desc

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Off site storage solution

[Mike Kazantsev]

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On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:12:27 +0200
Momesso Andrea <momesso.andrea@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is anyone aware of a off site storage solution that could satisfay my
> needs?

Aside from S3, there's also ADrive (adrive.com), which allows access
via ftp and webdav and (unlike S3) doesn't charge for bandwidth.

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Off site storage solution

[TopperH]

Quoting Mike Kazantsev <mk.fraggod@gmail.com>:

> On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:12:27 +0200
> Momesso Andrea <momesso.andrea@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is anyone aware of a off site storage solution that could satisfay my
>> needs?
>
> Aside from S3, there's also ADrive (adrive.com), which allows access
> via ftp and webdav and (unlike S3) doesn't charge for bandwidth.
>

Thank you very much... This service also allows me to try it for free before
and write a review for the user.


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