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I have read that it is possible to encrypt and compress the files but I just made a mental note of the possibility of it and went on. I should mention that there is a maximum file size of 5 GB that can be mounted. Jay On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Tom Metro <tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org> wrote: > James Kramer wrote: > >> There is a new and better way to backup data by using s3fs to mount a >> S3 bucket to local directory and then use rsync to keep up to date >> with the files. The Howto is posted here: >> >> http://blog.eberly.org/2008/10/27/how-i-automated-my-backups-to-amazon-s3-using-rsync/ >> > > Nice tip. > > Backing up to S3 isn't necessarily the hard part. Backing up to S3 securely > and efficiently, is. Two things should be addressed in the intro to that > howto: 1. Does using rsync in this fashion take full advantage of rsync? In > other words, does s3fs permit rsync to obtain a hash of a portion of a file, > and update a portion of a file, or do those operations require the transfer > of an entire file. 2. While S3 may encrypt things on their end, some users > would prefer a solution where encryption happens locally, so the data is > safe over the wire, as well as when in storage. Where, if anywhere, does > s3fs encrypt the data? > > Probably digging into the s3fs documentation would uncover the answers to > these questions. > > One of the comment to the article mentioned you needed to use the > commercial version of s3fs to get encryption: > http://www.subcloud.com/ > > -Tom > > -- > Tom Metro > Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA > "Enterprise solutions through open source." > Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ >
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