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Need a data storage or file storage server only
Hello, my main WordPress website is hosted in digital ocean.
I need another server only to save files, and people can download the files e.g server1.xyz.com.
I have around 200GB of files, and my bandwidth usage is around 3TB per month. Can you guys suggest me a provider?
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BuyVM Slice + 256GB slab
Check Cloudflare R2 or IDrive e2
Thanks for the quick reply.
I was checking cloudflare R2, but in my previous host I have file structure uploading in this format
books/topic/filename.pdf
But seems in R2, i cannot upload in this way, so I have to update all the links in my website manually. Also didn't see the option to upload the files via sftp or linux commands.
This, but might as well migrate the site to that slice to not pay for it only to access the slab.
You can actually do this, just drop the folder and add the files.
You can use rclone.
https://rclone.org/s3/#cloudflare-r2
Object storage is typically not hierarchical. You don't use SFTP, but some S3 compatible client, such as rclone.
You might be looking for FTP storage that allows HTTPS links. Hetzner storage box is about $5/mo for 1TB. Can upload using FTP/SFTP.
If an OpenVZ VPS works for you, we have a 500GB HDD plan with 15TB of bandwidth.
4x vCPU / 12G RAM / 500GB HDD / 15TB Bandwidth - $5/month
This is possible with r2 and there is multiple ways to enable this
I'm wondering if any one has experience using this for hot storage
But since my download is relatively high, I think even if I get a Block Storage with their KVM which is 2Core, it will affect the download speed. Customers might find it quite slow to download files, as the CPU usage will be always full if too many people downloading the files at the same time.
I don't mind openvz, as I only need to store the files and people can download the files for free. But HDD hard disk, might not give a good experience, I prefer SSD.
No, BuyVM is fast and 3 TB / month is not too much.
Why would it be slower than any other solution?
Yes, I checked hetzner storage box aswell. I wasn't sure if I can upload the files in this format books/topic/filename.pdf and connect with my domain. I will check it out again. I think hetzner storage box will be the perfect solution, as I don't have to worry about the CPU and RAM.
The limit will be the downloader’s internet, not the HDD.
Since you’re not thinking of using any CDN based storage, latency between the downloader and the server will be the curlpit, not the drive.
I mean I was thinking like, if 50 people download a 500MB file, it will create a high load on the CPU, and thus everyone's download will be quite slow. from this point I was thinking, it might be slow.
understand. yes, that makes sense. I understand this as well.
The CPU is probably the component working the least.
The 50 users browsing your website, if everything isn’t cached making the CPU generate dynamic pages, would take a much bigger toll on it.
I’d say with 2C you’d be fine, but it mostly depends on how your site is configured as is.
My main website is hosted on digital ocean. so browsing load will be on digital ocean. The new server, I will only use for hosting the files, that people can download easily.
Lol ok
@xenstar what location you prefering?
Isn't this the perfect use case for a CDN?
Unless you're going low-end...which I can respect.
Where is the server location? I checked the website, couldn't find.
Servers are located in Chicago, IL, USA
Yes, I understand entirely. I was checking the block storage technology, and so far, Cloudflare R2 has desirable pricing, but I don't know how to set up and transfer files from my previous host to R2 storage. Not good with SSH commands.
I don't have a location preference, but most of my visitors are from asia. My current server is hetzner germany (a friend gave me his dedicated server to store files but he is going to close that server so I am looking for other options), and visitors don't complain.
Use bunny storage and create a main directory as books and then you can add as many subdirectories. upload files using FTP or their filemanager. Connect the main directory to a pullzone and link a subdomain server1.xyz.com to access the files with that url. You can set replication with multiple regions to make redundant. 3 region cost for HDD storage comes around 0.03 /GB/Month. They have SSD storage also but the cost is little more. If you want i can setup a sample directory and show you how it works. Use there volume tier for pullzone to get $0.005 /GB for bandwidth.
CPU 2 vCore
RAM 2GB
HDD 250GB
Bandwidth 2TB @ 1Gbps
Anti-DDoS 100Gbps Standard Protection
Network IPv4 + IPv6 (Dual Stack)
or cPanel
250GB HDD
Bandwidth 3TB @ 1Gbps
€32/year vat excluded.
I have been using BunnyCDN, it will not give value for high bandwidth transferring. Using 3 TB bandwidth will cost $35 (approx).
If you are using high bandwidth transfer for media and files you have to use their volume tier and not the standard tier. Volume tier cost you 0.005$ per GB. For enabling volume tier you need to set this in pullzone setttings. And volume tier is flat pricing means for any location the pricing is 0.005 per gb. Means 3TB will cost 15$ for bandwidth and storage cost will be 0.03 per gb for 3 replications.
Considering this as files, op needs atleast one backup server for making it safe. So inmho setting up 2 servers will cost you more than bandwidth cost + STorage in bunny.
Saying this from my experience of using them for Video streaming.
In that case, I think cloudflare R2 is cheaper, as they don't have any egress fees. So I agree with you, bunny is quite expensive.
Check out our 10Gbps VPS servers: https://oplink.net/virtual-private-servers/
We included 250G NVME storage on the smallest plan.
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Thanks
Ryan