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.

  • Catsrules
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    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.

    • Deniable1477@lemmy.worldOP
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      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.

      • Catsrules
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        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@kbin.social
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      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