Subj : Backups?
To   : August Abolins
From : Jas Hud
Date : Sun Sep 24 2023 11:55:39

  To: August Abolins
  Re: Backups?
  By: August Abolins to Jas Hud on Sun Sep 24 2023 08:51 am

 > About 15 yrs ago the host blocked ftp when I rigged up a couple
 > of cams to send updated images every few minutes.  At that time
 > they said they had concern of the "regular ftp hits" or
 > something like that.  But.. meanwhile, IoT devices and,
 > internet-connected NASes, and other new technologies have been
 > introduced.  Hopefully the concern for using webstorage has
 > slackened to accomodate all the other kind of "server" activity
 > people use.
 >
 > After my first large backup of files, the regular updates to
 > the webhost space would be smaller (only changed files), and
 > maybe just once a day at the most.

most hosts have something in the contract about you not using their service
as backup storage. they usually have separate services for that.
using a cheap host for backup storage is what will get you.

and you said they advertised 'unlimited', correct?
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