In the past I blogged about cheap easy offsite backups. Back then I wasn’t really looking at Amazon’s S3 (Simple Storage Service), but now I realize that it might make for a nice additional backup. I’m still using Mozy for images and videos, but I’d like a better place to store my database dumps, etc than uploading them via FTP to an ISP.

Joseph Scott has an interesting post on comparing storing files on Dreamhost vs S3. One thing I think he’s leaving out is the chance that if you fill up your 200gb account at Dreamhost, they might not like that. Jeremy Zawodny has a list of S3 backup tools — be sure to read the comments for other suggestions, too.