A self-hosted approach to long-term file storage and control
https://lemmy.world/post/40471856
A self-hosted approach to long-term file storage and control - Lemmy.World
So, this whole thing kicked off because I hit a wall with local storage - it
just doesn’t grow with you forever, you know? Plus, putting all my eggs in the
basket of other companies felt a bit risky with all the changing rules and
government access stuff these days. What I ended up with is pretty cool: a
personal file vault where I’m in charge. It treats any outside storage like it
can’t be trusted, and all the encryption happens right on my computer. I can
even use cloud storage like S3 if I need to, but I never lose control of my own
data. Honestly, it just kinda grew on its own; I never set out to build a
product. I’m mainly sharing it here to see how other folks deal with these kinds
of choices. You can check it out at https://www.leyzen.com/
[https://www.leyzen.com/]
What’s the benifit of E2EE file storage on a self hosted server? I use FileBrowser Quantum, and it’s super nice, as I can access the same shared drives that I access at home.
Defense in depth for one. It looks like this project is made for protecting your data on cloud storage. I’ve noticed right now there seems to be a lot of projects around using relatively cheap S3 storage solutions.
Ahh, that makes sense. When I think of self hosting, I think of using your own hardware.
Self hosting can be stretched to mean you’re hosting your own services on a cloud provider.
Yeah, I have dabbled in that with streaming to multiple platforms via a VPS. It definitely is stretching the definition of self hosting.
I’ve been using a VPS for a while now. I still maintain it, so it’s very much like self hosting.
Yeah, it’s the same in terms of software maintence, but you aren’t doing the entirety of hosting yourself, as someone else is actually physically hosting your server. You don’t have to add HDDs when you run out of space, if that company goes down your servers go down, etc. It’s like semi-self hosting? I’m not sure what a good term for it would be.
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