Backup services that allow remote rsync [closed]

I'm looking for an online backup service that allows me to rsync my backups (1-3GB of incrementals per week, 50GB in total). I currently use my hosting space on Dreamhost for this but as it's (controversially) against their TOS I want to move away from that.

I'd be interested in hearing about people's experiences backing up from a Linux computer using rsync to any of: * Amazon S3 directly (is this possible?) * Rackspace Cloud storage directly * Jungle Disk to amazon or rackspace * s3rsync to Amazon S3 (they seem a bit new) * Any other good service..

I'm also looking to pay no more than about €10 per month

thanks

In the past I've used bqbackup and found their service to be quick and reliable, there are other similar services out there too such as rsync.net. Services such as these are specifically geared around providing rsync and similar services for backups.

I currently "host" my own backups though, as I have enough resource dotted around such that a server in one location can hold backups for others and vice-versa. If you want to try DIY, you could no doubt find a VPS somewhere that gives the space you need within your budget if you want to manage it yourself. Search places like WHT's VPS offers area for a selection of possible providers then hunt for reviews of them to make sure they aren't fly-by-night operations. Another thing to note when using rsync is that if you are syncing a large directory structure (large being in terms of the number of files, not their over-all size) rsync can consume a fair chunk of memory, so don't get a VPS that has too little RAM (though for most cases 128Mb will be plenty you don't do nothing (or very little) else with the VM, for example you just install the minimum Debian/Stable with rsync+ssh).

DIY really isn't that hard. I have Comcast at home and speedtest.net claims I average around 8-12mbps. Once an hour a cron job rsnapshots (rsync w/multi-day recovery capabilities) all of my commercial website customers to a wimpy little Linux box in my garage with a buttload of storage. 95% of the time there are no changes and it takes about 35 seconds total. When there are changes it normally takes longer for rsync to find them than to actually do the download.

Once a day I rsync those changes to another local server. Belt and suspenders, don't you know?

I sleep better knowing I can rebuild a customer's site in a matter of an hour or so.

I'm using s3rsync.com to rsync to my s3 bucket. It work excellent. The price is very competitive.

Dado

JungleDisk won't do it directly with rsync, but their software does provide the same basic functionality of backing up only changed portions of files. If you've looked at it in the past this used to be called JungleDisk Plus and was an added-cost service beyond the base software license; they now just charge a slightly higher cost per month with no upfront cost. They have a $2/month plan that's backup-only and targeted at basic users (Grandma) and a $3/month plan that includes network mapped drives and other features.

Since you're probably in Europe based on your pricing, it's worth noting that JungleDisk offers 3 options for file storage (all include the first 5GB "free") - Amazon S3 in the US for $0.15/GB/month, Amazon S3 Europe for $0.18/GB/month and Rackspace US for $0.15/GB/Month. Both Amazon options charge for bandwidth, Rackspace does not. If you're very price sensitive, Rackspace US would be the way to go, otherwise Amazon Europe may be faster for you.

With Rackspace storage, you'd be paying around $9.75/month total; with Amazon EU you'd be paying $12-13/month depending on how much data you were moving each week and your initial upload would cost around $5. Subtract around $1.50 for Amazon US.

JungleDisk also runs on Windows/Linux/Mac.