Need a cheapie with ~500gb storage (for backups)
DeadlyChemist
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Lately I have been reworking my storage and the way i store and backup data.
I have decided I would like a server (preferably far away from Germany) to store my ultra important duplicati (encrypted) backups. (documents, some pictures)
currently slightly less than 200 GB, with versioning and whatnot i should not exceed 500gb in the next 3 years.
specs:
CPU: Any
IPv4: NAT is enough, 1 port for ssh, 1 port to use
IPv6: no need, will take if you have
RAM: 256mb, but preferably 512mb
Custom ISO: preferably yes (not a must) or alpine, alpine is good
Bandwidth: should equal to whatever the storage is
Location: far from Germany
Networking: 0.1/0.1 gig is enough
uptime: 99.86% i allow you 12h per year of downtime.
deadpool/exit scam: please let, me know 1 month before server is gone so i can pull my data. a email is enough, will be kept confidencial.
paying plan and cost, depends on your company, if you here for many many years i dont mind prepaying 2 years.
price per tb, if possible 2€ (tax included)
I'm aware 500gb is not a lot, max i could accept is 1tb (lowest i could go is 300gb)
what is possible?
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lol
yeah, we dont talk about it
@labze has 1TB NAT for 2,50$ in Germany
aff link
non-aff link
or 1TB NAT for 3,75$ in Finland
aff link
non-aff link
@servarica_hani still has some really good offers. https://clients.servarica.com/store/black-friday-2022
Maybe the Opossum would fit you, it's 1G/1C/1TB, 4TB@1Gbps or unlimited at 100Mbs, $29/year.
I've been running one of their ipv6 only storage specials for years and it's been solid as a rock.
+1 for @labze
https://my.hostbrr.com/order/config/index/storage/?group_id=27&pricing_id=298
Full SSH jailed access to user dir; SFTP, FTP, rSync, Duplicity
Our backup servers run ZFS with up to 7 daily snapshots, we can custom configure this for more or less for each customer. Starting at 500GB, storage costs are $0.01 per GB.
World Class 10-gigabit Network with IPv6 Connectivity, No Usage/Seat Fees, No Egress Charges, No Contracts, fully unmetered in/out.
https://clients.microtronix-tech.com/link.php?id=79
Cheapest you can find is Opossum 1 Storage VPS from Servarica for 29$/y 1tb in Montreal i think.
does not look bad, will consider
nah
will consider
pricy, obviously the daily backups is a win, but it's not what im looking for
GreenCloud -> $25 annually / $70 triennially
link...?
8 Available
https://greencloudvps.com/billing/store/storage-kvm-sale/nl10gbpsstorage05tb
@labze hostbrr
Was kind of hoping for a offer from the man himself lol, even if the deal posted above is pretty good and considering it
Why far away from Germany I may ask?
+1 for this guy. Good service.
Why would you want backup VPS hosted on one server?
S3 backup space that is built on multinode setup is a lot better.
Scaleway Glacier ends up at 1euro/mo for what you need (2euro for 1TB). 75GB egress free per month, but if you route that via Scaleway instance then egress is unlimited and you just pay for couple of hours of instance (like 5 cents).
Backblaze B2 ends up at $3/mo for what you need ($6 for 1TB), 3x storage space egress for free (if you have 500GB files you have 1.5TB free egress).
And with these services you pay for what you host currently (200GB in your example) and you don't need to care about reaching limits and over provisioning.
VPS is more expensive and it's a lot less durable. Data can be easily lost, one server is single point of failure. With Backblaze or Glacier not that easy, couple of servers would need to crash to have any impact on your data.
If you are worried about geographical security then you may like fact that Glacier is hosted in DC that is built in underground bunker under Paris.
Thanks for all the recommendations!
I haven't really chimed in as you ask for something away from Germany, while pretty much everything I offer storage-wise is in Germany, or Finland
finland would be fine i guess
dont mind less durable
but yeah, ill check whatever you sent, backblaze looks too expensive for my use case
dont like having 2 copies and original in germany (paranoia)
How about Netherlands?
not my first choice but could be...
Is there a reason why you need a VPS for storage and not ordinary cloud storage? Normal cloud storage usually uses RAID for reliability, and cheap VPS providers mostly do not.
price, also running scripts would make it possible
Someone just posted an offer for the exact thing you need https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/171580/12gb-ram-500gb-hdd-openvz-4gb-ssd-kvm-5-m-chicago-il/p1 (I do not use this provider so I do not know how well they are. Do your own research)
https://www.idrive.com/object-storage-e2/ why not them? Less than 2€/month
2021
this looks cheap, very good
will consider this lol, i mean no vps... buuut for this price? damm
im happy with them just ask them through ticket for a renewal discount.
wish could update it with "found"
was approached by @c1vhosting with a awesome, honest deal. exactly what i want, no string attached. really cheap tbh.
the only string attached is that he accepts card only (no paypal), and well.... i dont have one, had to decline.
@labze / Hostbrr was my 2nd choice.
the deal i managed to negotiate is very very good, matches or exceeds my requirements on top. i will not share details but yeah. it's "the stuff"
The website is, well same as all other providers...
the VPS management panel "Powered by VirtFusion"
i like it, you can't add custom iso, you need to contact support for that
but it has everything you need plus the networking stuff... everything is there, no bs. ipv4 nat stuff layed out there, even portforwarded from 22 to whatever is already set (they allow you to change it, which is cool!)
the answer time was like 10-20mins, which is insanely good.
iso mounted (alpine)
all works perfectly. ping home is 40ms (please dont triang me) (which is irrelevant in my case)
thats my mini review.
now time to create like 50 folders and use duplicati to upload my "stuff".