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Ask HN: Which file storage service would you recommend for the long term?

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Re: Ask HN: Which file storage service would you recommend for the long term?

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Post by rip747 »

For my personal stuff I just use Google Drive. I don't think that Google is going to ever abandon it since its tied into all their products as the storage solution.

For my servers, I've been wanting _something_ that I can use Amazon S3 with. Just did a search and found out about CloudBerry (http://www.cloudberrylab.com/). This is perfect since I also have a NAS and scripts that backup the server nightly. With this I could essentially just install and repoint the existing script to the new drive. Also, S3 has built in versioning which is really nice.

Re: Ask HN: Which file storage service would you recommend for the long term?

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Post by sreitshamer »

tfe wrote: post #34
kisamoto wrote: post #18

I use Arq [ https://www.arqbackup.com ] which is provider dependent and doesn't lock you into a specific cloud like Backblaze or Crashplan. You can set it up to sync to Glacier/S3/Dropbox/GDrive/OneDrive/Local NAS/FTP server or any combination of them if you want to have multiple copies. I get 1TB of OneDrive free with Office365 so backup to that but also to S3 so that if I was to stop using Microsoft I'm not tied do…

Has anyone else noticed Arq getting more buggy lately? I suspect it's the proliferation of storage options and the compromises required to support them all. I would be happier with a more bulletproof app that only backed up to one provider.

[I'm the guy behind Arq] What's buggy? I'd love to fix it.

Re: Ask HN: Which file storage service would you recommend for the long term?

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Post by zatkin »

mikro2nd wrote: post #33
zatkin wrote: post #25

Based on your criteria, it sounds like you could use physical hard drives to backup to, rather than a service. You should store your files onto an external hard drive and keep the external hard drives in a safe place.

...multiple copies in mutiple places

That wasn't part of his criteria, but I understand what you're getting at. Personally, I wouldn't do physical hard drives, but I know others who have done it (and done it well) and are happy.

Re: Ask HN: Which file storage service would you recommend for the long term?

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Post by pyre »

stephengillie wrote: post #36
jkot wrote: post #23

> My goal is to ... lose none of my files Duplicates. Perhaps two or three online services, plus local disk array at home. Check data integrity every year... Every decade you will have to swap service or two, as companies evolve.

Redundant array of independent file services.

RAIFS?

Re: Ask HN: Which file storage service would you recommend for the long term?

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Post by DyslexicAtheist »

find a service where encryption keys belong to you. I've tried wuala but their java client sucks. after I exceed my storage the client didn't prompt me to upgrade but told me that I was now locked out of wuala and my service suspended and went into an infinite loop forcing me to exit the X-window manager and kill the process.

Also google drive has become annoying (e.g. I upload a ripped DVD movie which I own and paid for and share it with my son who lives in the same house, google tells me that I'm sharing copyright content (wtf)) So they definitely look at content and behave like big brother.

Re: Ask HN: Which file storage service would you recommend for the long term?

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Post by Teckla »

rip747 wrote: post #41

For my personal stuff I just use Google Drive. I don't think that Google is going to ever abandon it since its tied into all their products as the storage solution. For my servers, I've been wanting _something_ that I can use Amazon S3 with. Just did a search and found out about CloudBerry ( http://www.cloudberrylab.com/ ). This is perfect since I also have a NAS and scripts that backup the server nightly. With this…

I had trouble with Google Drive on Windows. The Google Drive process would frequently take 100% of a core even if just a single 1k file was in the Google Drive folder. It's broken.

This really bummed me out because I was evaluating it before sending Google my money, but I have concerns about the quality of their client. Apparently this has been a problem for years.

Re: Ask HN: Which file storage service would you recommend for the long term?

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Post by sertys »

I can recommend using Filement(filement.com) for that. It would be a sync interface with you and your data. While as you can add and manage your devices, you can also add your cloud accounts so you can move your backups around and intensify diversification. That said, 50 yrs is a huge amount of time in tech and guarantee is hardly to be held against any business venture or even protocol. But since you have not specified a requirement for automated, non-assisted backups over the time course, i believe that process will be organic and your data will find its way to the future hopefully intact.

Re: Ask HN: Which file storage service would you recommend for the long term?

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Post by sertys »

I can recommend using Filement(filement.com) for that. It would be a sync interface with you and your data. While as you can add and manage your devices, you can also add your cloud accounts so you can move your backups around and intensify diversification. That said, 50 yrs is a huge amount of time in tech and guarantee is hardly to be held against any business venture or even protocol. But since you have not specified a requirement for automated, non-assisted backups over the time course, i believe that process will be organic and your data will find its way to the future hopefully intact.

Re: Ask HN: Which file storage service would you recommend for the long term?

#49

Post by balu_ »

jkot wrote: post #23

> My goal is to ... lose none of my files Duplicates. Perhaps two or three online services, plus local disk array at home. Check data integrity every year... Every decade you will have to swap service or two, as companies evolve.

Any idea how to cleverly check data integrity over some distributed services? (without downloading everyting)

Re: Ask HN: Which file storage service would you recommend for the long term?

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Post by toomuchtodo »

kooshball wrote: post #26
akhatri_aus wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dropbox doesn't use S3 anymore. They did initially. That being said S3 is a pretty good solution.

What do they use now?

Possibly OpenStack's Swift. Its API-compliantish with S3.
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