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Lets break this down... $5 for 20Gb droplet so $1.25 for backups. Assuming shadow copy backups (no compression, just straight bit for bit) then 4 backups time

by jrs235 12y ago

Lets break this down... $5 for 20Gb droplet so $1.25 for backups. Assuming shadow copy backups (no compression, just straight bit for bit) then 4 backups times 20Gb is 80Gb. 80Gb of AWS S3 storage on the most expensive tier is $.03 / Gb which would be $2.40 if backed up to S3. I agree it's not THAT crazy.

Someone1234 12y ago
Devil's advocate but you could push that to Amazon's Glacier storage. Also Amazon charge for bandwidth in addition to the storage cost.
- jrs235 12y ago
  Yes you could which would reduce the price for AWS storage (highest priced tier is $.03/GB for S3 and $.01/GB for glacier). I mention in another comment the cost of bandwidth. To play devils advocate... I assume (and hope) that when you need to restore a droplet from a backup that it a LOT more seamless and streamlined than trying to restore from AWS S3 or Glacier.
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