Hey everyone!
I downloaded Unitrends 7.5 (amazing update BTW!) and saw the new Cloud option in the "Add Archive Storage" menu. Obviously, I've been having fun with this. It's always nice to easily get backups off-site.
Anyways, I'm curious if anyone has figured out a magic rule for S3 to archive Unitrends archives to Glacier? It might not be possible...
http://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/archive-s3-to-glacier/
I am thinking of two realistic scenarios:
- Archiving older backups for legal / retention in Glacier, but most recent in S3
- Cutting down storagecosts by immediately archiving all to Glacier.
The problem I see with both of these approaches is the manner in which the files are archived (s3ql_data_1 .. s3ql_data_999). Ithink we could increase retention by saving all files immediately and let Unitrends manage the purging, and then move aroundthe...