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Ask HN: What is the current state of the art in BIG (>5TB) cloud backups?

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Re: Ask HN: What is the current state of the art in BIG (>5TB) cloud backups?

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Post by monerozcash »

jacobwilliamroy wrote: post #9
brudgers wrote: post #7

Why are you choosing to use the cloud instead of spinning rust under your control? Or to put it another way, why is state of the art important?

I need to know what people are doing recently because most of the documentation I'm finding online is from 3-5 years ago and I want the most up-to-date information.

People are doing pretty much exactly what they were doing 3-5 years ago, software has been pretty good for a while no so there hasn't been much change.

Re: Ask HN: What is the current state of the art in BIG (>5TB) cloud backups?

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Post by carstenhag »

aynyc wrote: post #11

I was actually talking to my dad the other day. He asked me if there is a way for him to replicate his hard drive to me without touching cloud providers. The contents are family photos & videos, plus paperwork. I couldn't find a simple solution.

Syncthing will do a 1 to 1 connection if possible, else it will use a relay server. Traffic is encrypted. Open source. After the initial setup of marrying the devices together, it's just a matter of starting the application. Pretty much what you want?

Re: Ask HN: What is the current state of the art in BIG (>5TB) cloud backups?

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Post by JustExAWS »

Rclone with aws s3 Glacier Deep Archive storage class is about $1 a month per TB.

I didn’t use rclone. I just used native AWS cli commands. But I’m an AWS guy and already had my own seldom used AWS account.

Restore takes from 12 (more expensive) to 48 hours (cheaper)

Re: Ask HN: What is the current state of the art in BIG (>5TB) cloud backups?

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Post by Oxodao »

bomewish wrote: post #10

If it’s important just use b2 or hetzner storage box. Use restic or rustic for backup and dedupe and encryption. I run this setup for home and work and we’re doing this on 10tb+.

+1 on this, i'm running restic with resticprofile and backup to b2 it works flawlessly

Re: Ask HN: What is the current state of the art in BIG (>5TB) cloud backups?

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Post by aynyc »

carstenhag wrote: post #14
aynyc wrote: post #11

I was actually talking to my dad the other day. He asked me if there is a way for him to replicate his hard drive to me without touching cloud providers. The contents are family photos & videos, plus paperwork. I couldn't find a simple solution.

Syncthing will do a 1 to 1 connection if possible, else it will use a relay server. Traffic is encrypted. Open source. After the initial setup of marrying the devices together, it's just a matter of starting the application. Pretty much what you want?

Doesn't it still need a public relay server? I understand that's nitpicking, since even with tailscale, I need someone in the cloud to handle the IPs.

Re: Ask HN: What is the current state of the art in BIG (>5TB) cloud backups?

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Post by KomoD »

monerozcash wrote: post #3

This needs more information. 5TB is far from "BIG" when it comes to cloud backups. You can probably get away with google drive+rclone+borg/restic/whatever, but it will be rather clunky. Backblaze might be a nicer backend to use. I use rsync.net with borg, but not sure about your budget. Their 1TB lifetime plan is very competitive though.

> Their 1TB lifetime plan is very competitive though.

I know rsync.net has been around for a long time but I'm always very skeptical of lifetime plans, you'd have to use it ~10 years for it to be worth it. (Comparing with Hetzner's 1TB storage box)

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