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Cost friendly data backup (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by TenderVomit@kbin.social to c/selfhosted@kbin.social

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I have a synology NAS where I backup my photos to. What would be the most cost effective way to encrypt and back up this data without having to purchase another NAS and install it at a family member's house. It would be about 5 TB and would not touch the data unless my NAS completely takes a crap.

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[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm somewhat tempted by B2 but $5/TB/mo feels a bit steep for a NAS.

For me that would be about $100/mo, and for OP that's $25/mo. It would only take a few months before buying a drive for off site cold backup would be more cost effective.

Considering their personal plan is $7/mo for unlimited TBs, it really invites hobbiests to find workarounds after their first TB. Unless I'm missing something.