The short version
Backup tool with Glacier Deep Archive support; recommended for secondary, rarely restored backups.
From the HackerLinks archive
rustic
Backup tool with Glacier Deep Archive support; recommended for secondary, rarely restored backups.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-11-04
Last seen:2026-11-04
Times seen:1
Website:rustic.cli.rs
Why it caught our attention
A year-long user and contributor offers a concrete alternative to buying tape hardware.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-11-04
“I heartily recommend rustic's cold storage support for Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive. It ends up being $1/TB/month, as long as you plan to not restore from it. (Use it as a secondary backup, and plan to restore from your primary.) I have been using rustic+GDA for about a year now, and I contributed some enhancements to this software ecosystem to make this path smooth for others.”
pmw · recommendation · first hand use
Direct HN comment
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