[Hidden-tech] Music-video storage in the cloud

[Chris Hoogendyk]

Roger Williams wrote:
>>>>>> Chris Hoogendyk <hoogendyk at bio.umass.edu> writes:
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>   > Just off hand, if you are using either Linux or Mac OS X, you can use
>   > Amanda <http://amanda.zmanda.com/> for backups and configure it to connect
>   > to Amazon S3.
>
> Thanks, Chris.
>
> We already use Amanda, but from the Zmanda website it seemed to me that we
> were blocked from using the low-cost ($5/mo + $0.20/GB transferred) Zmanda
> Cloud Backup (ZCB) service, which is intended solely for Windows Server.
>
> Instead, for traditional users they say that
>
>   Amazon S3 Storage Option is required for backing up data to Amazon's Simple
>   Storage Service (S3). Subscriptions to Amanda Enterprise Backup Server
>   ($300-$750/yr) and Zmanda Backup to Amazon S3 Option ($250-$750/yr) are
>   required. Additional Zmanda Clients ($100-$375/client/yr) or Zmanda Agents
>   are required for each system, database or application protected by Amanda
>   Enterprise. You will also need to purchase an Amazon Simple Storage Service
>   (S3) certificate by signing up for the S3 Service.
>
> Whew!  If there's a way to get nonprejudicial access to ZCB-like services and
> pricing, I'd love to hear about it.

I think you just got tangled up between the sections of their site 
referring to the Zmanda commercial offerings and the Amanda open source 
community edition.

You can do backup to S3 with the open source community edition of 
Amanda: http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/How_To:Backup_to_Amazon_S3

I have not done this, but I have seen blogs by those who have. There are 
a couple of references here: 
http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Amanda_around_the_web


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