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Something I don't see in the docs, is it possible to mount rsync.net storage with something like sshfs and use it like a filesystem? If possible, is there anything stopping it from being a good idea?

I'm looking for an EBS style mountable storage for digitalocean instances, since they don't scale up disk space to price very well.

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"is it possible to mount rsync.net storage with something like sshfs and use it like a filesystem?"

Yes. Thousands of people do this, and it is in fact our recommended "browsing" recipe for OSX.[1]

Feel free to email us to discuss this further - we would be very happy to extend the long-standing "HN discount" to you.

[1] http://www.rsync.net/resources/howto/mac_sshfs.html

Yep, it's entirely possible to do that. It's how I actually backup to them: rather than use scp or rsync, I mount via sshfs and just cp the data to the mount.

Latency is really the only down side I can think of... if this is for backup it shouldn't be an issue. If this is for interactive data, I'd suggest looking deeper into the rsync.net locations and DO's, to see if they are close... or even if they have a direct uplink at any locations.

One possibility if you want mountable storage, is to use our ObjectiveFS[1] filesystem on your digitalocean instances. It is a bit different from EBS in that it is a shared filesystem instead of just a cloud block device, so it depends on your use case if it might work for you.

[1] https://objectivefs.com

Shameless plug:

ExpanDrive @ http://www.expandrive.com enables a very fast/robust version of this use case.

Don't want to post off topic but you should really update UserVoice. I bought Expandrive V4 but haven't (and likely won't) upgrade to V5 since your communication has been so limited.

The specific issues I had:

- You promised transparent client-side encryption in V5 [0]. V5 is now here and encryption is nowhere to be found.

- You advertise a Linux beta yet when contacted about participation you haven't responded [1]

[0]: https://expandrive.uservoice.com/forums/205560-expandrive-fe...

[1]: https://expandrive.uservoice.com/forums/205560-expandrive-fe...

Just in case people see your plug and decide to purchase based on what they see in UserVoice.

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