Anyone using Amazon S3 within the Synology NAS?

[Martyn]

I've recently installed a Synology NAS and am looking at offsite backups. Is anyone using the Amazon S3 backup system within the NAS? Any views or experiences?

 

[Martyn]

Bump

Any UK tech using Amazon S3 backup or even US tech feedback on using it?

 

[anglian]

I used it with the secobackup demo
But soon gave up as the seco GUI is awful.

Why not sign up for their demo and see how it works with S3

 

[zoladog]

yup i got 3 different clients using it, been working well since November, very cheap at 14cents per Gb

 

[Martyn]

Thanks for the info, I've got a telephone conversation tomorrow with an Amazon rep. As far as I can see you pay per GB storage and per GB transfer.

 

[MotzTech]

I looked into using S3 for my backup software but I ended up going with the vendor that sells the software. It's 1.5 cents more per GB but I don't have to pay for requests or downloads.

S3 pricing breaks down like this

RRS = Reduced Redundancy Storage, it's a lot cheaper but a lot less secure. Good for data that can be replaced if needed, NOT for critical data.

First 1 TB / month $0.125 per GB RRS $0.093 per GB
Next 49 TB / month $0.110 per GB RRS $0.083 per GB
Next 450 TB / month $0.095 per GB RRS $0.073 per GB
Next 500 TB / month $0.090 per GB RRS $0.063 per GB
Next 4000 TB / month $0.080 per GB RRS $0.053 per GB
Over 5000 TB / month $0.055 per GB RRS $0.037 per GB

PUT, COPY, POST, or LIST Requests $0.01 per 1,000 requests
GET and all other Requests † $0.01 per 10,000 requests

All data transfer in $0.000 per GB (Great for backups!)

Data Transfer OUT
First 1 GB / month $0.000 per GB
Up to 10 TB / month $0.120 per GB
Next 40 TB / month $0.090 per GB
Next 100 TB / month $0.070 per GB
Next 350 TB / month $0.050 per GB

Source: http://aws.amazon.com/s3/#pricing

 

[anglian]

I ended up going with the vendor that sells the software. It's 1.5 cents more per GB but I don't have to pay for requests or downloads.

Mind sharing who you went with?