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.

  • @[email protected]
    2•1 year ago

    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.

    • @Deniable1477OP
      2•1 year ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
        1•1 year ago

        Ahh that makes sense. In that case I think AWS Glacier might be your cheapest option. (At least until you need to restore).

        Edit. That said a safety deposit box might still be an option if you vacation or visit a far away place somewhat regularly. Just update it every year or so. Keep changes waiting to be updated in a cloud backup. This way your not backing up and paying for 30 TB in the cloud but maybe 1-3TB of recent data that hasn’t been backup to the safety deposit box. That cloud backup size would get reset once you successfully update the safety deposit backups.

        I am not sure what the best option is software wise for actually accomplishing this world be. But something to think about.

    • JollyRoberts
      1•1 year ago

      @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.

      @Deniable1477

      • Will
        1•1 year ago

        @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

        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.