Since you didn't mention your requirements, I'll assume data integrity isn't super important. In that case, allow me to introduce you to /dev/null as a service. It's free and has unlimited capacity.
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Now we just need to invent a way to read the Void of Nothingness to retrieve the data and bam! Infinite storage.
That's easy, just read from /dev/urandom. The access speed is super slow, but eventually you'll find your data
Idk man, I think it might have some reliability issues... I tried restoring my data and all I got back was a badly-typed copy of the complete works of Shakespeare.
Try running: sed 's/blurst of times/worst of times/g'
Already exists, and it's offered by IKEA. Here is the kit you need: 0 1
The only problem is that I don't have the plans that shows how to assemble the parts.
This is hilarious. I love it haha
I'd never expect to find an answer like this lol. Thankyou
Happy to help! Let me know if have any other technical questions :)
Depends for how long. Buying a used NAS with a single 1TB drive is probably cheaper over a 10 year period than subscribing to some cloud service for the same duration.
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Wasn't there something with a LW community? Anyway, it doesn't matter so much
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Hetzner storage box is 3.81β¬/month for 1TB.
Over the course of a year you basically bought an HDD (but excluding backups/power)
Off site storage is off site for a reason, though.
You could say this about any service.
I had a hetzner box a while back but I didn't know about these storage boxes. This is pretty great. I've used rsync.net for many years but it's basically 3x the price and it's painfully slow.
Iβve been using Backblaze. Have no complaints
Backblaze.
9/month for unlimited storage.
I'm at 4tb stored.
Itβs hard (and against ToS) to access B2C Backblaze with any S3/Swift API, though. So it depends a bit on your use-case.
(preparing for inevitable downvotes) depending on how much storage you need and the flexibility you have in how you use it, Office365 includes 1TB of OneDrive storage for 6 users for somewhere around $100/yr. I use it for storing encrypted video files from my NVR and it works for my use case, but ymmv.
On AWS S3 Glacier Deep Archive 1TB will cost you $1/month. I use it as one of my off-site backup solutions.
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Another Backblaze user checking in π I use their B2 service for $6/TB/mo, however they have an unlimited storage option for Windows/Mac if you're interested in that
Awesome company that makes it eau to interface worth their storage outside of their proprietary tools, resulting in wide support built in to a bunch of backup software. Have no issue with you storing encrypted blobs. But - and this is most important - they don't harvest your data and resell or reuse it (although, always encrypt, to be sure).
Fantastic company.
I've used Sync.com for awhile now with few issues. 1TB is about $6 a month, 2TB around $8 a month.
Iβll just say this: you get what you pay for. I used pCloud a few years ago and wasnβt able to retrieve all my data, some files got corrupted (luckily I had backups). Now I use a DIY NAS and backup to B2.
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OneDrive with Microsoft 365 Family subscription. There are several deals for 50β¬ per 15 Month for 1TB per Account. Since it is the family subscription you'll get up to 6 Accounts. So it is 3.33β¬ for 6TB or 0.55β¬ per TB.
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Check out Hetzner Storage Box. I've got 20TB for my Jellyfin library and it's $50/mo.
Edit: use rclone to mount it as a network drive on your desktop.
Edit 2: Just checked and it's $40/month
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I'm using iDrive. Quite cheap and if you want an S3 interface you can check their enterprise e2 tier.
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Hetzner's Storage Box is quite cheap
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Does anyone use Proton for storage?
I've been contemplating hopping onto their offerings once Proton pass has added some more features.
I tried but for me the upload was very slow and not very practical.
They only have a windows app for now, so to back up my NAS the only solution I found was to create a windows VM, a virtual disk pointed at my data on the NAS and running the VM regularly to back up the data.
I gave up after few weeks and went to backblaze.
I have Proton for VPN and it came with 500gb of cloud storage with my plan. Pretty decent.
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iDrive E2 is $40 a year for 1TB S3 compatible storage and they have promotions quite often. As always with cheap storage don't rely on it and have a local NAS but it's handy for offsite. I've just transferred out of Wasabi, who were cheap but are less so now.
Never worry about backups or lost data etc, as the provider would take care of it
This is not how it works. You still have to backup your data!
Your account can be closed due to various reasons, you accidentally delete files, some malware deletes files without you noticing it before it is too late.
A friend of mine lost some important data because of the ovh server container fire incident. Ovh had no backups.
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If you're into SCP/FTP/Rsync/SMB check out Hetzner Storage Servers. About 3 β¬ for 1 TB, including 10 snapshots
Buyvm has 1TB for $5, but you need a GPS to connect to it, that is another $2. So $7 total for a small linux box with 1TB.
A GPS? Why?
You use a global private server when you fat finger the G instead of a V
Yandex disk. They accept credit cards.
Not sure about cheapest, but Wasabi is affordable considering no data transfer fees
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