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.
Build a NAS. If you’ve already got one, build a second one as backup. It’s cheaper in the long run than most cloud storage solutions. Especially when you factor in the time it would take for a complete restore.
The main issue with a NAS for this use case is the “what if my house burns down” scenario. Zero/ low effort off site backups are really important for treasured memories.
I’m currently working on this problem. My plan is to use a Phoenix DataCare 2001 media firesafe to rotate a copy of my full backup. See my post for the discussion.
30 TB this makes much more sense to build a NAS vs use the cloud, but a very important point: the second NAS should not be in the same location (long term) as the first.
Also I believe that backblaze can do NAS backups now relatively affordably.
Last I looked it was .005 GB/Month. That adds up quickly when you have 30TB.
That’s a very fair point, they also offer the setup where you can rent a hard drive and ship the initial “upload” (with 30TB that can still be an issue).
Edit: just realized you’re not talking about the cost of data transfer but monthly storage cost. I’ll look again but last I checked the server/NAS bulk unlimited tier was a set cost up to x TB
When I looked last time I didn’t see anything about different pricing on NAS backup. But I also didn’t look very hard.
Nope. so just looked and you were bang on. So for OP, $150+ including some bulk download if needed.