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Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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Post by mitjafelicijan »

muxator wrote: post #20

I wouldn't trust that script too much: there is no error checking at all. What happens when s3cmd fails and after two months you discover the "Vault sync succeded" emails you have been getting were all illusory? If the author is reading: please take the time to update your example, including proper error checking (at least "set -eu"), otherwise the people on the internet that are going to copy your script are in for…

I agree with you. I should add a disclaimer that this is still being worked on.

I will add what you proposed.

Thanks for your input.

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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Post by foolmeonce »

__soter__ wrote: post #5

$5 for 250GB of storage and then $20 per TB ($0.02/GB) after that seems a bit steep. Plans and Pricing The base rate of a Spaces subscription is $5/month and gives you the ability to create multiple Spaces. The subscription includes 250 GiB of data storage (cumulative across all of your Spaces). Additional storage beyond this allotment is $0.02/GiB. If you cancel your subscription by destroying all your Spaces, your…

I think hetzner is about half an expensive (€8 tb/m) and I personally prefer ssh/rsync to http/S3.

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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Post by christophilus »

__soter__ wrote: post #5

$5 for 250GB of storage and then $20 per TB ($0.02/GB) after that seems a bit steep. Plans and Pricing The base rate of a Spaces subscription is $5/month and gives you the ability to create multiple Spaces. The subscription includes 250 GiB of data storage (cumulative across all of your Spaces). Additional storage beyond this allotment is $0.02/GiB. If you cancel your subscription by destroying all your Spaces, your…

I’ve been happy with Wasabi.

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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Post by asidiali »

This is really cool! Thanks for sharing - going to give it a go.

Similarly, I took a stab not too long ago at attempting to replace my Dropbox [1] - I opted for an implementation using Git and FSWatch.

Pro: version control for your files

Con: more expensive and takes more storage

[1] https://sidia.li/simple-dropbox-alternative/

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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Post by christophilus »

jph wrote: post #13

You wrote about deplatforming-- heads up that DigitalOcean does deplatform people. I have direct firsthand knowledge of DigitalOcean deplatforming a security disclosure professional reporting a root breach bug. For your secure backups, I can suggest Tarsnap by Colin Percival, who's a security expert and a frequent contributor on Hacker News. I don't get anything for recommending Tarsnap; I'm just a customer. https://…

They flagged my account and pulled 100% of my servers with no mitigation for 12 hours until I convinced them I was legitimate. DO still handles that incredibly poorly, which is the reason we no longer host anything critical there.

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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Post by mitjafelicijan »

asidiali wrote: post #24

This is really cool! Thanks for sharing - going to give it a go. Similarly, I took a stab not too long ago at attempting to replace my Dropbox [1] - I opted for an implementation using Git and FSWatch. Pro: version control for your files Con: more expensive and takes more storage [1] https://sidia.li/simple-dropbox-alternative/

Love it. Your solution is much more polished and Dropbox like. Very nice!

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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Post by geonic »

quaffapint wrote: post #12

You could also go the route of using Backblaze for storage and Cloudflare for delivery. You'll pay $1.25 for the same 250gb ($0.005/gb) and get free bandwidth through CF.

Can you expand on that? I store my backups on B2. Are you saying I can download all data via cloudflare without paying for B2 egress?

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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Post by mitjafelicijan »

christophilus wrote: post #25
jph wrote: post #13

You wrote about deplatforming-- heads up that DigitalOcean does deplatform people. I have direct firsthand knowledge of DigitalOcean deplatforming a security disclosure professional reporting a root breach bug. For your secure backups, I can suggest Tarsnap by Colin Percival, who's a security expert and a frequent contributor on Hacker News. I don't get anything for recommending Tarsnap; I'm just a customer. https://…

They flagged my account and pulled 100% of my servers with no mitigation for 12 hours until I convinced them I was legitimate. DO still handles that incredibly poorly, which is the reason we no longer host anything critical there.

Well, this is a discouraging news. Where have you moved your critical operation?

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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Post by mitjafelicijan »

mciancia wrote: post #29

Another clickbait, it's a replacement for Dropbox in the same way as a tent is a replacement for a car - you can sleep in both. Whole thing just looks like poor ad for DigitalOcean

I never claimed that this is 1 on 1 replacement for Dropbox. Dropbox is much much much more than what I am doing here. And I agree with you on that point. I choose DO because it is very easy to set up and get started with.

But for my needs this is all that I need and it solves my use case.

And regarding DO, its just one of the possible S3 providers out there. One could choose something else.

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