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We (rsync.net) are supporting git-annex by offering all git-annex users a heavily discounted rsync.net account. This was announced a few days ago, but not on H

by rsync 13y ago

We (rsync.net) are supporting git-annex by offering all git-annex users a heavily discounted rsync.net account. This was announced a few days ago, but not on HN in any way: http://rsync.net/products/git-annex-pricing.html http://rsync.net/products/git-annex-pricing.html We've been explicitly supporting git-annex on our platform since our friend Jason Scott first showed it to us[1] and we will be contributing to the new campaign. [1] http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3625 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3625

carterschonwald 13y ago
awesome!
rb2k_ 13y ago
That's nice :) And just so people know without having to check the site: > git-annex users may sign up for our full featured offsite filesystem at a rate of 10 cents per GB, per month. An annual payment is required, and the minimum account size is 50 GB. There are no usage/bandwidth charges, no signup fee, and no contract to sign.
- mjn 13y ago
  Wow, that looks great. With the discount it matches S3's storage pricing, but without bandwidth charges, with a more convenient interface (an ssh-reachable regular filesystem), and full-service support. Plus an interesting attempt at a "warrant canary": http://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/canary.txt http://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/canary.txt
  - zoul 13y ago
    That canary thing is an interesting trick, previous discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=702247 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=702247. (Four years ago!)
    - rsync 13y ago
      We've been operating the warrant canary since early 2006.
voltagex_ 13y ago
In the interests of full transparency, I've been looking for alternatives to rsync.net. I haven't found any - although tarsnap comes very close. I have an existing account, how can I move to this?