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I'm interested to hear what do people use as their cloud backup and the cost of it. I currently use idrive e2 storage at 5$ per TB a month. Trying to see if there is any better deal anywhere and just curious on everyone's thoughts.

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[–] Chef_Boyargee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Amazon Glacier at like US$23/month for around 10 TB. It’s going to be a nightmare expense to pull it all back out though, especially after building a new NAS at these current prices.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

What are you using to get it there and back?

I'm asking because I had been using this for years and only after a catastrophic event, discovered that my "helpful" backup software had turned on versioning which AWS, also helpfully, doesn't explicitly tell you when you attempt to delete old backup sets, showing no objects but charging you anyway.

I did recover all my data after a catastrophic event, but it was an expensive experience to put it mildly.

[–] Chef_Boyargee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I had a Synology DS412+ using their glacier interface to backup offsite. Pictures, personal dvd/bluray collections and music collections. Moved internationally and the NAS/hard drives didn’t fit into our weight/damage potential allowance. So we opted for the nuclear option of keeping it all on ice and paying through the nose to get it all back locally later.

Looking at one of the UGREEN boxes and some sort of port of the synology os/apps to pull it back down. Worst case scenario, I grab a new synology box and pay their hardware premium to recover things. The hope is to move away from both Synology and Amazon as much as possible.

Nothing is set in stone though, it’s a project for later once the savings is replenished and we have some more discretionary funds.