Arq Cloud Backup for Mac Now Supports Glacier

Arq from Haystack Software is a backup app for Mac.

It backups files to own Amazon Web Services account, so you keep control. Data are encrypted before they leave your computer with a password only you know, so it’s secure.

Stefan Reitshamer, CEO, said: "If you don’t have control over your data and your encryption keys, it doesn’t really feel like backup, at least to me. That’s why I built Arq instead of using one of the ‘unlimited’ offerings like Mozy, Backblaze, Carbonite, Crashplan, etc."

Arq has proven popular among folks who want a reliable backup and who want to keep control of their data, both independent folks and corporate employees.

Everyone at GitHub Inc. is using Arq and stated: "The only issue for folks with lots of data was S3 costs. When Glacier was announced (with 1/12 the storage cost), I received hundreds of emails and tweets asking for Glacier support in Arq. I’m really excited about the low cost of Glacier, and I think others will be too."

More features:

• easy to set up and use
• low resource usage
• reliability – it ‘just works’
• mature: development started in mid-2008; started shipping 1.0 in February 2010
• backups and faithfully restores all the special metadata of Mac files that other products don’t
• no limits, unlike other backup offerings: it backs up files of any size, external drives, and network drives
• cheap cloud backup: $.01/GB per month equals only $1/month for 100GB, $5/month for 500GB
• no vendor lock-in: open data format and open-source restore tool
• responsive customer support
• ship timely updates and bug fixes

Arq is $29 per computer, one-time license fee. Amazon bills you monthly according to how much storage you use.