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I use Arq with AWS Deep Archive as my off-site. Seems to work well, though admittedly I haven't tested the recovery/retrieval yet.


How does Arq store your files on Deep Archive? Does it create archives or create the same structure you have locally?


You provide an encryption key and tell it which folders you want to encrypt from your local machine. Then the app provides a GUI which shows the folder structure that'd been mirrored to AWS and you can selectively restore what you need.


I checked it, it's quite good. Also during restore, waits for the files to become available for download. But personally I don't like the fact that files are packed into some blob storage, which is not as easily accessible as a tar archive.


That's good to know. Previously I'd used Amazon Drive, Google Drive and alternatives where I had restored some files. Always worked as desired. I was already switching from Google Workspaces to cut costs, and priced out how much I'd save by using Glacier for my off-site backup, and it was a no-brainer to make the switch. This guy had a decent write-up on the pricing:

https://clete2.com/posts/backup-glacier-deep-archive/




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