# Backup request via FTP

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-request-via-ftp/307905
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** backups
**Created:** [May 14, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-request-via-ftp/307905 "2024-05-14T14:04:34Z")
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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-request-via-ftp/307905/2 "2024-05-14T14:22:57Z")

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You are not tied exclusively to Amazon, I believe you can use many S3 providers.

For example, you could use Scaleway:

> [@Backup Upload to S3 Fails on scaleway (multipart upload)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-upload-to-s3-fails-on-scaleway-multipart-upload/177764):
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> Running on 2.6.1 stable with a s3 clone (Scaleway). Here is the log: [2021-01-30 09:52:59] Uploading archive... [2021-01-30 09:55:36] EXCEPTION: failed to abort multipart upload: The specified multipart upload does not exist. The upload ID might be invalid, or the multipart upload might have been aborted or completed. [2021-01-30 09:55:36] /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/aws-sdk-s3-1.83.2/lib/aws-sdk-s3/multipart\_file\_uploader.rb:94:in `rescue in abort\_upload' /var/www/discours…

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