How can I backup the data on a Space? There are many articles on backing up TO a space but if the space if your primary storage, is there an easy way to snapshot/copy a space?
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We were thinking of using Digital Ocean Spaces for backups of an app minus some static client assets. Those asets we wanted to store and load directly from one DO Spaces bucket (including its awesome CDN. The app minus those assets we would daily backup in another DO Spaces bucket. If the separate static assets we load of the Digital Ocean storage bucket dies we lose all these client files.
So the main thing we were wondering about is what guarantees you give for preserving the data. We do not just want to backup using Transmit or something to backup our buckets. That would be tedious and make us store things locally which is not that reliable either. If we store static assets on Digital Ocean Spaces do we need to / do you recommend us to add a secondary backup with another Digital Ocean Spaces bucket or even elsewhere?
Yes. The s3cmd tool which can be used with spaces has the option
--recursivethat will allow you to download an entire bucket locally. You can find some examples here.There are also options that will allow you to mount your Space on your computer. Once mounted you would be able to use any backup solution that allows you to back up files on your computer.
Pondering the same question. I’m thinking that since I have to process the files anyway, perhaps I’ll save on a block storage device attached to the server, and then use the API to upload this file to Spaces. That way I’ll have two copies at least. I’ll then need to have a separate process to make an off-DO backup from the block storage.