By interesting coincidence, restic is one of the COPRs that is in Dominik's newest articles. I'd say, go for it! If you can get us an article in a few days, I'd love to take a shot at editing and maybe we can get it out next week. Paul On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 11:59:05AM -0500, Curt Warfield wrote: > Hi Paul, > > In reference to your questions: > > 1) Is rustic available in Fedora? Is it FOSS? > > Easy: > Fast: > Verifiable: > Secure: Encryption with AES-256 in counter mode and authenticating it using Poly1305-AES. > Efficient: Data deduplication > Free: Is licensed under the BSD 2-Clause License and actively developed on GitHub. > > The easiest way to get restic is the pre-compiled binary on the GitHub page. So you don't even have to install it. Just run the executable. > > 2) Is BackBlaze a popular storage option nowadays? Is there something distinguishing about it? > > BackBlaze is becoming popular due to it's free B2 cloud storage. ( Cloud storage that's astonishingly easy and low-cost. 500 million GB stored & over 25 billion files recovered (and counting)) > > The first 10 GB of storage are absolutely free. > > Can you compare this to duplicity/Amazon S3, which we covered in July 2017? https://fedoramagazine.org/taking-smart-backups-duplicity/ > > To me one of the biggest differences is Amazon S3 only gives you a free trial for 1 year and that even has a limitation of only 5 GB. As I've previously stated, the first 10 GB of cloud storage with B2 is absolutely free forever. > > After the 1st 10 GB, the pricing per GB is only $0.005 while Amazon S3 is $0.021 per GB which is 320% more. restic is a newer application that is very active on GitHub. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul W. Frields" <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "Curt Warfield" <cwarfiel@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2018 1:10:48 PM > Subject: Re: [Pitch] - https://wp.me/p3XX0v-5eg > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 07:40:05PM -0500, Curt Warfield wrote: > > This is my first attempt. Please be gentle :-) > > > > https://wp.me/p3XX0v-5eg > > Since this topic is quite esoteric, can you fill us in on some > background? > > * Is rustic available in Fedora? Is it FOSS? > > * Is BackBlaze a popular storage option nowadays? Is there something > distinguishing about it? > > * Can you compare this to duplicity/Amazon S3, which wecovered in July > 2017? https://fedoramagazine.org/taking-smart-backups-duplicity/ > > > -- > Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ > gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 > http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ > The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com > > -- > Regards, > Curt Warfield RHCSA, RHCE | Technical Support Engineer > Global Support Services > Public key = 12D12957 > Key fingerprint = 48CF 137D 89EF 6781 FBFE AEE7 53AE 9C97 12D1 2957 > > Red Hat, Inc. > 100 East Davie Street | Raleigh, NC 27601 > 919-754-4950 -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com _______________________________________________ Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
