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Arq backs up to Google Drive storage

48 points by sreitshamer 12y ago

timdierks 12y ago
Back up everything for $10/month? That's appealing.
- aroch 12y ago
  For most people S3/Glacier hybrid zones are probably still cheaper. But gDrive is definitely more "noob" (or your mom and dad) friendly than AWS. Anything under 1TB is less expensive.
  - Fastidious 12y ago
    How is it more "noob?" Considering the esoteric file format Arq uses, I will not call backups with it to Google Drive simple. If anything, they might be very confusing. I wonder is Stephan meant Google Storage instead... UPDATE: Just read that is uses "appdata" directory. Mom and dad will not 'see' the data.
    - aroch 12y ago
      What's more confusing for a beginner/my mom, telling them to enter their gmail and password or having them log into AWS, create a new bucket, selecting the appropriate region, copy that super long unreadable ID and key, and take into account # of request and any delays during restore?
      - Fastidious 12y ago
        The second, for sure. You are right.
    - sreitshamer 12y ago
      Right. Also that means the backup data won't accidentally get copied to your hard drive by the Google Drive sync client.
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rgrove 12y ago
I'm a huge fan of Arq. It's reliable, easy to use, inexpensive, and keeps getting better. I highly recommend it.
superuser2 12y ago
How are you guys able to use these cloud backup solutions for more than a handful of documents? I have 30Mbps down/.5Mbps up. It takes about a minute to upload one JPEG off my DSLR. I can't imagine how much time it would take to upload a ~100gb full disk backup. I'd love to use Arq, but I think I'd have to live in a Google Fiber city.
- dublinben 12y ago
  >I have 30Mbps down/.5Mbps Well there's your problem. I've got a 10 Mbps upstream connection, so it never takes more than a few minutes to back things up.
- aroch 12y ago
  My `daily` backup is actually nightly, at 2AM which happens to coincide nicely with when my ISP's network is quiet enough that my upload is higher (still a paltry 4mbit). Amusingly, for the initial backup of my my home desktops I actually lugged them to work and plugged into our 10Gbit network. My homedirs are backed up nightly, but the delta is rarely over a a gig or two per machine. I have something like 7TB backed up over the course of a few years, a lot fo it on my pitiful 2-3mbit.
- sjs 12y ago
  I have the fastest upload available in my area (5 Mbps) and my initial backup may have taken a month or two for something to the tune of 900 GB. You certainly don't need 1 Gbps to backup remotely but 500 Kbps might not be quite enough.

48 points by sreitshamer 12y ago

timdierks 12y ago

Back up everything for $10/month? That's appealing.

aroch 12y ago
For most people S3/Glacier hybrid zones are probably still cheaper. But gDrive is definitely more "noob" (or your mom and dad) friendly than AWS. Anything under 1TB is less expensive.
- Fastidious 12y ago
  How is it more "noob?" Considering the esoteric file format Arq uses, I will not call backups with it to Google Drive simple. If anything, they might be very confusing. I wonder is Stephan meant Google Storage instead... UPDATE: Just read that is uses "appdata" directory. Mom and dad will not 'see' the data.
  - aroch 12y ago
    What's more confusing for a beginner/my mom, telling them to enter their gmail and password or having them log into AWS, create a new bucket, selecting the appropriate region, copy that super long unreadable ID and key, and take into account # of request and any delays during restore?
    - Fastidious 12y ago
      The second, for sure. You are right.
  - sreitshamer 12y ago
    Right. Also that means the backup data won't accidentally get copied to your hard drive by the Google Drive sync client.
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rgrove 12y ago

I'm a huge fan of Arq. It's reliable, easy to use, inexpensive, and keeps getting better. I highly recommend it.

superuser2 12y ago

How are you guys able to use these cloud backup solutions for more than a handful of documents? I have 30Mbps down/.5Mbps up. It takes about a minute to upload one JPEG off my DSLR. I can't imagine how much time it would take to upload a ~100gb full disk backup. I'd love to use Arq, but I think I'd have to live in a Google Fiber city.

dublinben 12y ago
>I have 30Mbps down/.5Mbps Well there's your problem. I've got a 10 Mbps upstream connection, so it never takes more than a few minutes to back things up.
aroch 12y ago
My `daily` backup is actually nightly, at 2AM which happens to coincide nicely with when my ISP's network is quiet enough that my upload is higher (still a paltry 4mbit). Amusingly, for the initial backup of my my home desktops I actually lugged them to work and plugged into our 10Gbit network. My homedirs are backed up nightly, but the delta is rarely over a a gig or two per machine. I have something like 7TB backed up over the course of a few years, a lot fo it on my pitiful 2-3mbit.
sjs 12y ago
I have the fastest upload available in my area (5 Mbps) and my initial backup may have taken a month or two for something to the tune of 900 GB. You certainly don't need 1 Gbps to backup remotely but 500 Kbps might not be quite enough.