Thanks Matt and John. Sounds like backupmyapp could be great for my other apps (they say their servers are in Germany which is even better for me, given the difference between EU and US data protection laws).
But for this soon-to-be-heroku based app, I guess I'll leave it with a warning and rely on S3. Thanks again Baz. On Jan 8, 11:48 am, johnb <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been playing with backupmyapp.com - they recently changed their > pricing model and made it much more viable - works fine with Heroku > too..that might be just the ticket for you > > I'd imagine they're using s3 behind the scenes. > > john. > > On Jan 7, 7:18 pm, Matt Buck <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Baz, > > > You don't really need to be too concerned about backing up files that are > > already stored on S3. Those files are thoroughly replicated on Amazon's > > end. For an added measure of security, you could duplicate your files from > > S3 to some other cloud storage service (i.e. cloudfiles), but it would > > probably be more trouble and cost than it's worth. > > > - Matt Buck > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Baz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm considering using Heroku for a new app that I'm working on - but > > > I'm not too sure about backups. > > > > I can grab a bundle every night, or use this: > > >http://nickmerwin.com/easily-backup-your-heroku-database-to-s3justto > > > grab the database (as I've already got my code stored in source > > > control so I may as well save on bandwidth). > > > > But what about files that my app has uploaded to S3? > > > > My other apps (on traditional VPSes) have backup routines that put the > > > backups onto S3 - so I have two copies of everything (one on the VPS > > > and one on S3). But this app, because of the filesystem will need to > > > push stuff onto S3 straight away - so I'll only have a single copy. > > > Is that safe? I can't find much detail about what Amazon will do in > > > the case of a disaster. > > > > Also - my app will have a warning stating that you should keep your > > > own copies of these files but no-one ever reads warnings, so it's best > > > to ask the question I feel. > > > > Cheers > > > > Baz. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Heroku" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<heroku%[email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en.
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