> Online storage is too slow and cumbersome to use regularly

#1 2026-03-13 09:58:55

I'm going to get a small fireproof safe.

#2 2026-03-13 15:25:35

If you have a lot of data that can be true. I use it once a year for a yearly backup.

On-prem I have several copies.

I think you definitely want at least one off-premise copy. I used to put backups in a safe deposit box. But I’m too lazy for that.

#3 2026-03-13 15:53:22

What do you consider to be a lot of data?

#4 2026-03-13 15:59:58

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What do you consider to be a lot of data?

I have 8TB of data that I upload yearly. It takes a long time.

#5 2026-03-13 16:03:35

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I have 8TB of data that I upload yearly. It takes a long time.

Thank you.

#6 2026-03-13 17:07:29

What company is best for about 10tb of data backed up daily from 5 locations?
Been doing Monthly manual backups to a USB I carry with me and daily to another on site computer but want something automated off-site soon.

TIA

#7 2026-03-13 19:06:06

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What company is best for about 10tb of data backed up daily from 5 locations?
Been doing Monthly manual backups to a USB I carry with me and daily to another on site computer but want something automated off-site soon.

TIA

The two major providers, Azure and AWS, offer effectively equal pricing on cold storage.

Backing up 10TB of data DAILY is a lot from a bandwidth perspective. Even at 10Gbps, you'd need 2.5hours a day. At 1Gbps, it would be a full day.

#8 2026-03-13 19:44:32

The consumer tiers have 2tb and 10tb Plus $150 for encryption. Lifetime, but with a 2tb transfer limit per month? even of the 10tb tier. witch is about $1375 all together. That was pcloud.

Basically it's my own self made music stuff I want to, vainly, archive. I need to evaluate the footprint of just the essential components. Everything else, can be reinstalled or is otherwise insured.

#9 2026-03-13 19:50:28

If you're lookin' for cheap, consider a Hetzner storage box.

Cheap, with their RAID/ZFS redundancy being your backup at that end. And, you'll have to push your backup to Germany. Works with Arq or restic.

#10 2026-03-13 20:00:34

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The consumer tiers have 2tb and 10tb Plus $150 for encryption. Lifetime, but with a 2tb transfer limit per month? even of the 10tb tier. witch is about $1375 all together. That was pcloud.

Basically it's my own self made music stuff I want to, vainly, archive. I need to evaluate the footprint of just the essential components. Everything else, can be reinstalled or is otherwise insured.

$1375 to store 10TB for a year?

Dude. That's a massive ripoff.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/prici … age/blobs/

On Azure it would be $240 for the year.

#11 2026-03-13 20:02:49

Spanky wrote:
$1375 to store 10TB for a year?

Dude. That's a massive ripoff.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/prici … age/blobs/

On Azure it would be $240 for the year.

That's lifetime

#12 2026-03-13 20:19:45

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That's lifetime

What does "lifetime" mean?

#13 2026-03-13 20:24:42

Spanky wrote:
What does "lifetime" mean?

I think it said 99 years.

#14 2026-03-13 20:25:16

Spanky wrote:
What does "lifetime" mean?

Until that company's bankruptcy in 18 months.

#15 2026-03-13 20:25:42

Spanky wrote:
What does "lifetime" mean?

https://www.pcloud.com/cloud-storage-pr … d=lifetime

#16 2026-03-13 20:33:18

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https://www.pcloud.com/cloud-storage-pricing-plans.html?period=lifetime

1190 / 220 = 5.5 year before you break even.

In 5.5 years, the cost to store 10TB on Azure will probably be $90 a year.

#17 2026-03-13 20:39:43

Spanky wrote:
1190 / 220 = 5.5 year before you break even.

In 5.5 years, the cost to store 10TB on Azure will probably be $90 a year.

I will guess even cheaper than that as these data centers become obsolete and online storage hits a glut.

#18 2026-03-13 23:46:17

Error due to 10 min post wait wtf

#19 2026-03-13 23:46:35

Spanky wrote:
The two major providers, Azure and AWS, offer effectively equal pricing on cold storage.

Backing up 10TB of data DAILY is a lot from a bandwidth perspective. Even at 10Gbps, you'd need 2.5hours a day. At 1Gbps, it would be a full day.

Would only need to update the changes which might be 20 gb a day max probably avg 10gb Mon - Fri and zero on weekends

I think the ease of software and 5 logins might be the biggest issue.

#20 2026-03-13 23:47:55

Damn OP, how much porn do you have? lol

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Damn OP, how much porn do you have?

I was going to say I've been downloading porn a couple times a week for the last 25 years and I have nowhere near 10 TBs worth.

shrug

Sockpuppet wrote:
If you have a lot of data that can be true. I use it once a year for a yearly backup.

On-prem I have several copies.

I think you definitely want at least one off-premise copy. I used to put backups in a safe deposit box. But I’m too lazy for that.

I just split between work and home.

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I think it said 99 years.

Life always means “life of the company” which is ~3 years.

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I was going to say I've been downloading porn a couple times a week for the last 25 years and I have nowhere near 10 TBs worth.

Maybe 10g porn.

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I was going to say I've been downloading porn a couple times a week for the last 25 years and I have nowhere near 10 TBs worth.

10T

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