Deniable1477Jul 17, 2023

Cloud Backup

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I finally got the dreaded over storage warning from google today. What is everyone moving to these days? People were moving to dropbox advance but i heard its not really unlimited anymore. I have 30TB of data that can’t be reproduced (family videos and photos). Any recommendations? I prefer not to spend $100+ a month on backups but if i have to do it then i’ll do it.

Show threadCatsrules

I think the days of unlimited backups are coming to a close. I don’t know of any truly unlimited storage anymore.

At that size do you have and friends or family you could just use as an off site backup? It would be a high upfront cost for buying the drives and hardware but should be much cheaper overall. If that is something your looking for.

Or even a safety deposit box for an offline/offsite backup.

Jul 17, 2023 at 6:04pmWeb
Show threadJollyRobertsJul 17, 2023

@Catsrules

Agreed with this one really. "3 copies of your data, in 2 physical locations, equals 1 backup" has been my thing for a long time.

I used to just keep my third copy one a drive in my desk at the office, but I've been full remote for years now.

Thanks for the reminder, I need to see if I can convince my folks to host a NAS in their hobby room or something.

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Show threadWillJul 17, 2023
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Thats what I ended up doing. I've been a photographer for years and have started digitizing old family videos and photos. 8tb or so of data is way too expensive to cover.

So, nightly backups at home to storage and then replication to a nas at the rents via vpn.
Show threadDeniable1477Jul 18, 2023
I currently have a NAS at home and another one at my parent’s house a few towns over. I don’t know anyone out of state that’s willing to host a NAS for me. I prefer to have my data in the cloud since me and my parents don’t live that far from me and the data is irreplaceable.
Show threadCatsrulesJul 18, 2023
Ahh that makes sense. In that case I think AWS Glacier might be your cheapest option.