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dreamhost backups prohibited
Authored by: kyngchaos on Oct 17, '07 02:32:44PM

Now there's a bummer.

New item in the Dreamhost Status blog today: they "clarified" their policy by expressly prohibiting the storage of files for backup or personal purposes. They didn't say if or how they would enforce that, but I'll play it safe. And I was just getting all psyched up to backup to my DH account (I had even started something with sftp before finding this hint) :(

You can only store files using their Files Forever feature, which is not suitable for a regular backup.



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dreamhost backups prohibited
Authored by: pxb on Oct 18, '07 01:59:50PM

They helpfully picked the day I'm finally happy with my scripts to announce this...

To be honest, I never knew for certain they'd be fine with this. So, I guess I've not lost anything. I'm not furious, just disappointed.

I'm not storing any copyrighted material (or anything else illegal) and am using only a GB or so of my allotted 260GB of storage, so I'm not abusing the service in any way.

Their front page offers 500GB of storage space right now - what website needs that much space? The iTunes Music Store?

I guess I'll continue to use it and if they ask me to delete my files I will, and go somewhere else. Maybe they're only going to go after people who seriously abuse the privilege. Still, it's annoying to be left in limbo.

I've been with Dreamhost for 7 years now and have recommended them to loads of people...



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dreamhost backups prohibited
Authored by: abobrow on Jan 01, '08 03:21:32PM

I just found this out accidentally when I emailed DH a question about my account. I mentioned I was using it for backup and the tech politely advised me to remove my backup before the admins found it.

I did a little research and found Bluehost.com gives you 600GB of storage and expressly states that it's okay to use for offsite backup. I cancelled Dreamhost and switched. I don't like the bluehost control panel as much, but it works.



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dreamhost backups prohibited
Authored by: abobrow on Dec 11, '08 01:20:03PM

Update. Bluehost froze my account with no warning for using my space for backups. I told the tech their TOS did not prohibit this use, but he directed me to a page that says exactly the opposite. I don't know if they changed their TOS or if I just missed it the first time.



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dreamhost backups prohibited
Authored by: pxb on Nov 05, '08 12:10:04AM

I've just noticed in the latest Dreamhost newsletter that they're expressly allowing backups now.

The limitations/features are:

- must be done as a special backups user, which must be enabled from the control panel
- you get 50GB free, then it's $0.10/GB/month after that
- they don't do backups of the data
- backups can be done via ftp or scp/rsync/sftp



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