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I have been using Arq for the last 3 weeks. It's very basic software at the moment, but it does the job. It lets me see file revisions and restore files as nece
by PStamatiou 17y ago
I have been using Arq for the last 3 weeks. It's very basic software at the moment, but it does the job. It lets me see file revisions and restore files as necessary. Unfortunately these files can't be seen directly in S3 due to the packing nature of how they're stored.. so if your mac crashes and you want a file, you'll need to find another mac and install Arq to retrieve your files.
- sreitshamer 17y agoRight. The files are named using the SHA1 hash of their contents (to enable de-duplication) and small files are packed together (to dramatically improve performance). I thought that was the best solution given the limits of the S3 API. JungleDisk does something similar I think. What sort of alternative for restoring would you be interested in? Maybe an open-source command-line utility?
- zacharypinter 17y agoA command-line utility is always a big plus for those who like scripting. Maybe a FUSE script/app/plugin?
- sreitshamer 17y agoI posted an open-source command-line utility on github for restoring (downloading) Arq backups from your S3 account: http://sreitshamer.github.com/arq_restore/ http://sreitshamer.github.com/arq_restore/
- grourk 17y agoCheck out Quillen for snapshot backups directly to S3. Simple command-line interface, easy for scripting. Also open source. http://quillen.googlecode.com/ http://quillen.googlecode.com/