rsync.net, Inc.

is Cloud Storage for Offsite Backup - Since 2001.

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We've just published a new issue of our Technical Notes discussing rclone, borg and ZFS:

https://t.co/jgEDILgGwz

If you are an HN reader, there is a live discussion:

https://t.co/BmRvhKXNNi

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Someone wrote a nice "Backup Story" about us:

https://t.co/zlUz1rCkTa

Thanks, Arun!

[rsync.net, Inc. @rsyncnet]

@crai9d Email us. We'll set something up for you.

[rsync.net, Inc. @rsyncnet]

Get. Off. My. Lawn.

We don't have an app.

Our API is called POSIX.

There's no web interface.

https://t.co/03c1o1Z5UV is an empty UNIX filesystem you access with SSH tools.

Not sure what this means ? Our cloud storage is NOT for you.

(discounts for .edu / nonprofit)

[rsync.net, Inc. @rsyncnet]

@MichaelCade1 Can you point Kopia to a plain old SFTP endpoint ?

Genuinely interested ...

[rsync.net, Inc. @rsyncnet]

Get. Off. My. Lawn.

We don't have an app.

Our API is called POSIX.

There's no web interface.

https://t.co/03c1o1Yy5n is an empty UNIX filesystem you access with any SSH tool:

rsync/sftp/borg/restic/rclone

Not sure what this means ? Our cloud storage is NOT for you.

[rsync.net, Inc. @rsyncnet]

@GlibGoat No, that's the point - if your primary is on the coast, the backup should be in Denver :)

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@GnupertTBear You can create/maintain hard links with 'cp -al', etc.

HOWEVER, we encourage you to stop using old-style "rsync snapshots" and just use our ZFS snapshots.

You can do a "dumb mirror" to us and we create and maintain the snapshots for you.

Bonus: they are immutable / read-only.

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@GlibGoat Yes, that is correct - you can create outbound connections as you see fit to arbitrary ports ... you just can't listen on anything but SSH on TCP 22.

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@tfolbrecht I have a box of those IoT sims lying around ... aren't they all t-mobile only though ?

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@twilio @twiliohelp Most of our programmable messaging is sending SMS to ourselves.

We are sending alerts and intra-company messages between people who know each other personally (or are machines that we own).

So why can't we bypass A2P 10DLC by proving number ownership ?

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Bottom Line: I can't spam numbers that I control.

If I prove control of a number or email I should be able to send messages to it without ANY of the bullshit.

(Yes - registering a US corporation and obtaining an EIN so my home server can send an alert to MYSELF is bullshit).

[rsync.net, Inc. @rsyncnet]

While we're at it:

This challenge/response workflow applies to email: you could FINALLY add the email twiml verb.

CC'ing SMS to an email is a complicated and fragile multi-API abomination with sendgrid and there is no reason for it if I control the recipient address.

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@LambrosPetrou This is live, random access storage - not nearline or archival storage.

That being said, the platform is not designed for client service. You can build a recipe to make it work that way, certainly, but that's not the design.

Email us and we will give you test IPs, logins, etc.

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@GlibGoat Fixed - thank you.

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@Moire9_ Both.

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@FuAnTaJi We asked for permission from BOTH the original author of rsync AND the maintainer at the time.

This was in 2005.

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@Alex_ofischl Email us.

[rsync.net, Inc. @rsyncnet]

Get. Off. My. Lawn.

We don't have an app.

Our API is called POSIX.

There's no web interface.

https://t.co/03c1o1Yy5n is an empty UNIX filesystem you access with SSH tools.

Not sure what this means ? Our cloud storage is NOT for you.

(discounts for .edu / nonprofit)

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@timcortesi Email us to discuss discounts for quantity and term as well as very generous .edu / non-profit rates.

Also a good moment to remind folks that @debian.org and @freebsd.org team members get free lifetime accounts for any purpose they see fit.

[rsync.net, Inc. @rsyncnet]

Get. Off. My. Lawn.

We don't have an app.

Our API is called POSIX.

There's no web interface.

https://t.co/03c1o1Z5UV is an empty UNIX filesystem you access with SSH tools.

Not sure what this means ? Our cloud storage is NOT for you.

(discounts for .edu / nonprofit)