Hello Chris, > I've seen several users have implemented AWS for backup storage. Whilst > looking > at other options, I came across Expandrive ( [ > https://www.expandrive.com/server/ | https://www.expandrive.com/server/ ] ). > This appears to be a wrapper around multiple cloud storage suppliers such as > Dropbox, Google Drive and others that can't be used directly as mounted > drives.
> I wanted to ask the list if anyone has implemented this and what their > experience has been. > On the face of it, it seems attractive at approx $15/m for 5Tb backend storage > plus the Expandrive $25/y single user subscription and allowing to retire a > bank of local drives. Granted this would not work for someone on standard > broadband but fibre should be fine. > Regards > Chris Wilkinson This is not a new technique. The Linux fuse library has been able to mount S3 buckets for a long time right now. Rclone can also do the same stuff you are proposing (GDrive, Dropbox) for free. They all should work with Bacula, but I don't think they are an optimal solution for an array of reasons. I deployed a few environments with the Bacula S3 Cloud Driver (https://www.bacula.lat/enterprise-bacula-s3-swift-ceph-and-cloud-storage-driver-quick-guide/?lang=en) and Wasabi, which does not charge per egress data and charges only 5.99 USD per TB/m. The driver is available with the [ http://www.bacula.org/ | www.bacula.org ] installation packages. For some reason, however, I could only achieve about 2 MB/s maximum upload transfer rate per part. Then I had to use a greater number of MaximumConcurrentUploads (and Downloads) - e.g. 20. Eventually I was able to reach speeds close to 40 MB/s, that were suitable for the workload. Rgds. -- MSc Heitor Faria (Miami/USA) Bacula LATAM CIO mobile1: + 1 909 655-8971 mobile2: + 55 61 98268-4220 [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/msc-heitor-faria-5ba51b3 ] [ http://www.bacula.com.br/ ] América Latina [ http://bacula.lat/ | bacula.lat ] | [ http://www.bacula.com.br/ | bacula.com.br ]
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