Ah thanks. Seems like the downsides are invasive KYC policy + no replication. I'll stick with Backblaze for now.
throwaway81523•4mo ago
It's more like $2 a TB in the larger plans. I have 5TB there and it's been working great. I use Borg Backup so the data is all encrypted. If anyone cares, Digital Ocean also makes new customers send their ID.
netruk44•4mo ago
They don’t have great North American peering. If you happen to be there and are unlucky, you won’t be able to get a very reliable/fast connection to the server.
I tried to use one for Borg backups a few years ago and just ran into endless transient connection issues.
debian3•4mo ago
For stuff like archive and backup you can use ovh object storage infrequent access. Comes to 5$ per GB but you pay for what you use only and it scale infinitely.
remram•4mo ago
GB or TB?
debian3•4mo ago
TB
patrakov•4mo ago
pCloud offers a 399 EUR lifetime plan for 2 TB of storage, and you can buy this twice or more to add up the capacity.
The catch is the proprietary protocol, supported only by their own app and rclone. WebDAV works on paper, but is too slow to be useful.
riku_iki•4mo ago
they are not replicated: server(shared) dies: you lose everything.
Traditional backup vendors replicate data (3+ times likely).
ycombinatrix•4mo ago
georgeck•4mo ago
ycombinatrix•4mo ago
throwaway81523•4mo ago
netruk44•4mo ago
I tried to use one for Borg backups a few years ago and just ran into endless transient connection issues.
debian3•4mo ago
remram•4mo ago
debian3•4mo ago
patrakov•4mo ago
The catch is the proprietary protocol, supported only by their own app and rclone. WebDAV works on paper, but is too slow to be useful.
riku_iki•4mo ago
Traditional backup vendors replicate data (3+ times likely).