novocraig

Relying on DO backups hasn't really ever been an option. I've had 3 weeks go by without one happening. Didn't complain at the time as they weren't charging and used another system. I just think at this point charging for this "service" is a little premature.

I still think it's too bit high after reading through the comments. Don't get me wrong, I like DO and where they're going, but they're not there yet.

Ok sure, mention the $5 droplet being 1.25. Let's go to the opposite side, $128/month.

What' more annoying is that a snapshot costs 2c/gb/month. A backup is literally a "scheduled" snapshot. "Scheduled" as it's seemingly random, and not even guaranteed. They explicitly mention that you won't get charged if their service fucks up and doesn't work. The fact they even mention it seems to mean they expect it to happen.

So, the service is $128/m for "automatic" + $12.8 storage. Do the snapshots manually and you save $128. Yes, I realize you can't make a snapshot while powered on making it useless for production environments.

That being said, they still don't even offer floating IP's, so it's not suitable in the first place. Personally care a lot less about backups than this point since you can implement your own backup system. DO articles say to rely on DNS LB with low TTL for HA - lol.

Not surprising, but another negative is that there isn't a way to view anything within a backup prior to restoring.

One more vent - they don't even guarantee you can keep an IP address if you recreate a server from a snapshot.

Short of adding latency using some external service like Amazon's Route 53, DO really isn't suitable for anything if HA is a requirement. The backup cost is just another straw on the back.

Add basic HA features and I'll shut up about the backup cost. The base prices are very competitive.

20% for four backups per month? That's insane.