Hi everyone,

I would like to ask your opinions on reliable cloud storage providers for media. I have a media collection that isn’t too big (about 2-3TB) that I’d like to store on the cloud since I’ll be moving in the future and don’t think I can handle multiple hard drives.

What do you suggest? Any issues I should be looking at? I came across Wasabi too, along with the more expensive Scaleway and Cloudflare R2 offerings. For now Backblaze seems fine in terms of reliability, but has anyone come across complaints from them regarding what is stored on their servers?

Thanks!

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    6 months ago

    For a short period of time, nobody will care, especially with almost zero traffic.

    But for only up to 3tb, you can easily fit that on a single drive.

    • damnthefilibuster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Hey on that 3tb thing… can I pick and choose folders or parts of folders from the backups?

      Or, say, I want to move stuff around in folders… is that possible after the backup has reached them and is only visible to me through their web interface?

  • hperrin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    6 months ago

    I wrote a WebDAV server you can use as the frontend for it that can encrypt everything you upload.

    https://hub.docker.com/r/sciactive/nephele

    There’s something I’m using that Backblaze doesn’t support, so I’m fixing that right now.

    Edit: Ok, I fixed the issue and updated it on Docker. It now works with Backblaze. It’s a bit slow, but I’m not sure if that’s just my connection or Backblaze.

  • slightperil@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    I’ve been using Backblaze B2 since 2020 for this exact purpose and I’ve had no issues. It’s been reliable and cheap to run. I stream to my phone from their servers with no issues.

    • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      I’m very interested in your use-case: could you tell me how you achieved streaming from their servers to your mobile? What services do you use and how did you set that up?

  • Chef_Boyargee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    6 months ago

    I’ve got about 12 TB in Amazon Glacier. Granted, I’m using this as an offsite backup for my NAS, rather than regularly accessed for consumption.

      • Chef_Boyargee@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        Definitely not the cheapest option. I should probably look at migrating somewhere else one of these days. At least it was easy to set up for my Synology NAS.

      • Big P@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        I use it as a last resort backup for things that are worth the recall price if I lose them

  • satanmat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    6 months ago

    I don’t use b2, rather; I have a personal account. Backing up 3 computers and they’ve never said anything over years So. Yeah it’s fine

    • ShortN0te@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      I have a personal account. Backing up 3 computers and they’ve never said anything over years

      Until you need to use the backup and the process is like shit. And takes weeks to months.