{"id":81,"date":"2015-03-14T13:32:54","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T13:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arqbackup.com\/blog\/?p=81"},"modified":"2019-01-22T13:17:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T13:17:06","slug":"arq-backs-up-to-google-cloud-storage-nearline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arqbackup.com\/blog\/arq-backs-up-to-google-cloud-storage-nearline\/","title":{"rendered":"Arq Backs Up to Google Cloud Storage Nearline!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arq 4.10 is now available, and it includes support for backing up to Google\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/googlecloudplatform.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/introducing-Google-Cloud-Storage-Nearline-near-online-data-at-an-offline-price.html\">just-announced<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cnearline\u201d storage!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.haystacksoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gcp-live-logo.png\" alt=\"Google Cloud Storage Nearline\" width=\"299\" height=\"162\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s new nearline storage is&nbsp;<em>excellent<\/em>&nbsp;for backups. Nearline&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/storage\/pricing\">pricing<\/a>&nbsp;is super-cheap, like Amazon\u2019s Glacier, but&nbsp;<em>without<\/em>&nbsp;Glacier\u2019s hassles and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arqbackup.com\/blog\/amazon-glacier-pricing-explained\/\">confusing restore fee structure<\/a>. Uploading is free. Downloading (if you need to restore) is $.12\/GB for data transfer plus $.01\/GB nearline-retrieval fee.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re already paying for a Dropbox or Google Drive account with lots of storage, you can use Arq to back up to that storage. But if you want to only pay for what you use,&nbsp;Google Cloud Storage Nearline seems just about perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Download Arq from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.haystacksoftware.com\/arq\/\">here<\/a>&nbsp;(free trial), or pick \u201cCheck for Updates\u201d from Arq\u2019s menu to get the update (it\u2019s a free update for all Arq 4 customers).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arq 4.10 is now available, and it includes support for backing up to Google\u2019s&nbsp;just-announced&nbsp;\u201cnearline\u201d storage! Google\u2019s new nearline storage is&nbsp;excellent&nbsp;for backups. Nearline&nbsp;pricing&nbsp;is super-cheap, like Amazon\u2019s Glacier, but&nbsp;without&nbsp;Glacier\u2019s hassles and&nbsp;confusing restore fee structure. Uploading is free. Downloading (if you need to restore) is $.12\/GB for data transfer plus $.01\/GB nearline-retrieval fee. 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