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Making 2-3 TB of media accessible from the web. Storage VPS or something else?
taliyahhickman
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Howdy,
this is a help/request thread. I have between 2 and 3 terabytes of images and videos that I want to make accessible via a website. Now what exactly should I be looking for, a storage VPS, object storage or something else? Obviously I want to do it as cheaply as possible. I see some storage VPS offers that would fit below 10 dollars a month, which is already good, but I'm wondering if I can go down even further. Not sure about the bandwidth yet but probably only a fraction of the storage size. EU data center.
Cheers!
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get a slice and mix with slab from buyvm @Francisco
You will need a dedicated server for that amount of data.
How come?
If you don't need media center integration and just hotlink the files, Backblaze B2 + Cloudflare is a great fit.
If you don't delete files too much, Wasabi works great too. They don't count bandwidth usage. Personally use them for my Plex server.
How did you that, please ?
Maybe HostHatch will have some good offers on Black Friday. Right now they have an offer where you can get 1 GB RAM, 1 TB usable storage and 3 TB bandwidth for $40/year. They usually allow stacking (if you add credit to your account then open a ticket) meaning you could get 2 TB for $80/year or 3 TB for $120/year. During Black Friday last year they had 3TB for $84/year and later added 10TB for $110/year. I managed to get one of the 10TB storage boxes later on for $240/2years.
Their current offer: https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/172966/deploy-high-quality-nvme-vms-in-14-global-locations-with-consistent-performance-eu-us-apac/p1
Probably using rclone to mount it? rclone supports the S3 API (which Wasabi and Backblaze both support) and lets you mount cloud storage so it appears as a local drive (using FUSE), then you can point any apps to it.
"Cheap" Kimsufi $7-10/m 2TB disk i3
probably the cheapest 3tb you can get is time4vps
https://billing.time4vps.com/?cmd=cart&action=add&id=123&cycle=m&promocode=LET
just note that it is ovz6, but if it for a web server you will be fine
Hello,
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Wasabi has an S3-compatible API which I can mount via rclone.
They dont count bandwidth usage? You cant egress more than what you store. If you store 1TB then your free egress is 1TB.
"If your use case exceeds the guidelines of our free egress policy on a regular basis, we reserve the right to limit or suspend your service."
https://wasabi.com/paygo-pricing-faq/#free-egress-policy
If you have strong internet connection, maybe can buy personal NAS like Synology or QNAP.
I think it's the best for your need, but of course with big overhead cost.
Yeah I guess that's the fine print for a service that cheap (and the object deletion charges).
Nevertheless, that's an additional option if the outgoing bandwidth usage doesn't go over the total size. OP did say "Not sure about the bandwidth yet but probably only a fraction of the storage size".
You might be interested in this deal HostHatch is going to post in ~6 hours from now (they made the comment 3 hours ago).
https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/3261168/#Comment_3261168
Already live with storage links. Go go go
https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/172966/deploy-high-quality-nvme-vms-in-14-global-locations-with-consistent-performance-eu-us-apac#latest
Object Storage + front-end proxy to avoid egress fees.
Cheapest option: Scaleway S3 + any compute droplet from Scaleway (no bandwidth fees)
Premium option: Azure Blob Storage + Cloudflare (no bandwidth fees between Azure and CF)