[npodbielski]

I bought 35$/mo 16TB server from OVH. I am running 2 replicas of Garage, one on this server. I am using this for backup for now but probably I will also move my Nextcloud files there and websites. This is fine for now and less pricey than any S3 provider I was able to find.

[wiether]

Mind sharing the reference of the server?

I would have considered it when rebuilding my media infra but haven't seen anything close to this

[npodbielski]

I was fishing for nice price for server like that for few months. To be true I saw something similar but even cheaper last year and I should buy then for 20$, but thought that I do not need it. Now those servers are more like 60$/mo.

It was something like that. https://www.kimsufi.com/pl/?range=kimsufi&storage=12000%7C11...

As you can see price is 180% of that now for bit more storage.

[wiether]

Thanks!

Yeah I thought that it would be the KS range but didn't see anything close in term of pricing.

16TB for $35 is a no-brainer!

I'm currently migrating away from a KS because the disks are almost dead now so I had to go with another solution for TB storage.

But it was great when it was working!

[chirau]

Honest question, what do you need/use 16TB for? 4K video?

[npodbielski]

I already am using almost 4tb just for backup. 2TB for all of my files in NAS. As I wrote above I will most probably move my Nextcloud instance storage there so I will be already using 6TB of storage. With built-in instant replication between nodes in garage I should have instant backup of my files.

Right now I do not have time, but it would be nice to move storage all of my services there so in case of trouble with one server I could instantly spin them up on other machine by mounting S3 storage. Performance probably wont be great but if main machine will go down I will be still able to use my home automation for example on some secondary without much of a hassle.

Anyway having dedicated server and backup storage for 30$/mo does not seem unreasonable.

[whalesalad]

Lots of files with 2160p.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.Atmos.DV.HDR.H.265-FLUX[TGx] in the name.

[weberer]

Back in my day, we downloaded 20mb episodes of Naruto in .rmvb format and liked it. Uphill!

[tskulbru]

both ways!

[npodbielski]

No, incremental backups of few machines for few years takes a lot of space.