S3 command line scheduled backups

[Andrew Bruno]

Hi all,

I wanted to sync a couple large files, 20 - 30 files, totaling 40GB to S3.

I was looking for an rsync style command line app that can run on a
windows server with network throttling, so that I may schedule it in a
BAT script.

Has anyone done this, or know of any tools/links that you can recommend?

The other question I have is about latency. Which region is best for
traffic between Melbourne and S3?

Cheers
Andrew

[markbate]

HI Andrew,

I'm not a Windows user, so can't really help on the rsync question,
sorry.

For the latency question, I think cloudping.info might be what you're
after there - it'll give you your ping times for all regions.

I'm getting (TPG, Emerald - regional 1):
US-East (Virginia): 514ms
US-West (California): 391ms
Europe (Ireland): 354ms
APAC (Singapore): 218ms
APAC (Japan): 154ms

So it would seem the new Japanese region is even better for Aussies
than the Singapore on was ;p

thanks,
mark

[Andrew Bruno]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the link.

I get these results from Melbourne:

US-East (Virginia) 305 ms
US-West (California) 684 ms
Europe (Ireland) 376 ms
Asia Pacific (Singapore) 205 ms
Asia Pacific (Japan) 130 ms

AND these results from San Jose (US - West) - Datapipe

US-East (Virginia) 75 ms
US-West (California) 7 ms
Europe (Ireland) 170 ms
Asia Pacific (Singapore) 199 ms
Asia Pacific (Japan) 125 ms