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Cheapest set-it-and-forget-it storage

JosephFJosephF Member
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What is the cheapest set-it-and-forget-it storage for photographs that I will rarely need to access? Need about 250 GB of space. With a provider that's been around and won't need to think if they'll disappear in the next ten years.

Please quote pricing.

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  • ShadowLurkerShadowLurker Member

    @NetDynamics24 :)

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  • COLBYLICIOUSCOLBYLICIOUS Member

    https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share ?

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  • labzelabze Member, Patron Provider

    Probrably our Storageboxes

    https://my.hostbrr.com/order/main/packages/storagebox/?group_id=65

    €7/year for 500 GB

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  • ChalipaChalipa Member

    I have been searching for a while now, and couldn't find anything cheaper than iDrive personal, which gives you 500GB for $10, and storageboxes from @labze which is around $8

    With iDrive, you get apps for iOS and Android, and with storageboxes you can use NextCloud.

  • JosephFJosephF Member

    How does Backblaze compare to AWS and/or iDrive?

  • fluffernutterfluffernutter Member

    Almost every LET provider will be gone in 10 years, sooner for the ones who don't own their own infrastructure. Just get a storage share with Hetzner, etc.

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  • RubbenRubben Member

    Charity host

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  • rattlecattlerattlecattle Member

    Zero if those photos can be shared publicly. Can upload it to some site and have archive.org snapshot it. Internet Archive has been around for more than a couple of decades and should last for the next decade as well.

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  • CoolGeekCoolGeek Member

    @Chalipa said:
    I have been searching for a while now, and couldn't find anything cheaper than iDrive personal, which gives you 500GB for $10, and storageboxes from @labze which is around $8

    With iDrive, you get apps for iOS and Android, and with storageboxes you can use NextCloud.

    I had iDrive, but they just unilaterally changed the egress from 3x to 1x in the middle of a paid year then complained when I went over the 1x. That's total horseshit.

    They've since changed it back to 3x, I think, but the whole "first year is affordable then the renewal is more than double" isn't something I appreciate either, so I dumped them.

    Just wanted you to be aware of some of the potential iDrive pitfalls.

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  • ChalipaChalipa Member

    [@CoolGeek said]
    I had iDrive, but they just unilaterally changed the egress from 3x to 1x in the middle of a paid year then complained when I went over the 1x. That's total horseshit.

    They've since changed it back to 3x, I think, but the whole "first year is affordable then the renewal is more than double" isn't something I appreciate either, so I dumped them.

    Just wanted you to be aware of some of the potential iDrive pitfalls.

    I have had 500GB for $10 for more than 2 years now... same pricing.

  • mp11mp11 Member
    edited March 2

    yandex disk has unlimited free picture storage, ah yeah and rclone support, ah and did I forgot to mention you can get super good deals for tons of tb.

    best is that it can not get cut down, cause it has a landline connection and nothing goes through water.

    otherside, they scan your pictures, but if you not shooting people, who cares. us corps doing the same and even delete your account, russians don't.

  • forestforest Member

    @mp11 said: otherside, they scan your pictures, but if you not shooting people, who cares. us corps doing the same and even delete your account, russians don't.

    No one should be doing that. Just because US companies do does not make it right for Russians to as well.

    That's a great argument for using client-side encryption!

  • forestforest Member

    @fluffernutter said:
    Almost every LET provider will be gone in 10 years, sooner for the ones who don't own their own infrastructure. Just get a storage share with Hetzner, etc.

    The difference is that Hetzner will randomly kick you off due to poorly-tuned automatic abuse detection that can be triggered by any third party. So they'll exist, but not necessarily as your provider!

  • JerryHouJerryHou Member

    Hosthatch?

  • rsync_dot_netrsync_dot_net Member, Host Rep
    edited March 3

    Not the cheapest by any measure but ... we did run this promo last year:

    https://www.rsync.net/signup/order.html?code=67610f

    ... which is 2TB, paid lifetime, for $480. This would, indeed, allow you to set it and forget it.

    We've been doing this for 25 years ... we'll be around for you in 10.

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  • Adam1Adam1 Member

    @JosephF said: What is the cheapest set-it-and-forget-it storage for photographs that I will rarely need to access? Need about 250 GB of space. With a provider that's been around and won't need to think if they'll disappear in the next ten years.

    google/icloud is 2.99 for 200GB, onedrive/aamzon drive is 6.99 for 1TB

    you did say wont disappear in 10 years. I doubt any of those would.

  • VoidVoid Member

    Telegram offers free, unlimited cloud storage, so make use of it while it lasts. TeraBox also offers free 1TB storage for life. Either way, encrypt locally before uploading.

  • strmdstrmd Member

    @rsync_dot_net said:
    Not the cheapest by any measure but ... we did run this promo last year:

    https://www.rsync.net/signup/order.html?code=67610f

    ... which is 2TB, paid lifetime, for $480. This would, indeed, allow you to set it and forget it.

    We've been doing this for 25 years ... we'll be around for you in 10.

    Would this plan include the ability to receive zfs sends?

  • bkjbkj Member
    edited March 3

    Given people are recommending the true LET 0$ ways, you can still use Google photos for unlimited storage. You just need to spoof as a Pixel device and there are many guides online showing how you can do this. If you're just cold storing pictures (oh and videos @ native quality are also supported), I guess it's worth the effort. I personally think GPhotos is going to be reliable for a long time.

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  • NetDynamics24NetDynamics24 Member, Host Rep
    edited March 3

    @JosephF said:
    What is the cheapest set-it-and-forget-it storage for photographs that I will rarely need to access? Need about 250 GB of space. With a provider that's been around and won't need to think if they'll disappear in the next ten years.

    Please quote pricing.

    We are in business for many years and plan to stay online lifetime.
    Our offer is 50% recurring discount and one whole year free of charge, if you pay every three years. With this promo, you get the 250 GB for only $30 every three years ($10/year).
    https://netdynamics24.com/backup-services.php
    Code: LET50%

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  • rsync_dot_netrsync_dot_net Member, Host Rep

    We've been doing this for 25 years ... we'll be around for you in 10.

    Would this plan include the ability to receive zfs sends?

    No. 'zfs send' over SSH has a 5TB minimum account size.

    Every other thing will work, however ... including the sexy 'rclone serve restic' recipe detailed in our latest technotes:

    https://www.rsync.net/resources/notes/2025-q4-rsync.net_technotes.html

  • mp11mp11 Member

    @NetDynamics24 said:

    @JosephF said:
    What is the cheapest set-it-and-forget-it storage for photographs that I will rarely need to access? Need about 250 GB of space. With a provider that's been around and won't need to think if they'll disappear in the next ten years.

    Please quote pricing.

    We are in business for many years and plan to stay online lifetime.
    Our offer is 50% recurring discount and one whole year free of charge, if you pay every three years. With this promo, you get the 250 GB for only $30 every three years ($10/year).
    https://netdynamics24.com/backup-services.php
    Code: LET50%

    do you have a heritage arrangement in case of death?

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  • bdspicebdspice Member

    @servarica_hani and @hosthatch and @labze is perfect for that

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  • NetDynamics24NetDynamics24 Member, Host Rep

    @mp11 said:

    @NetDynamics24 said:

    @JosephF said:
    What is the cheapest set-it-and-forget-it storage for photographs that I will rarely need to access? Need about 250 GB of space. With a provider that's been around and won't need to think if they'll disappear in the next ten years.

    Please quote pricing.

    We are in business for many years and plan to stay online lifetime.
    Our offer is 50% recurring discount and one whole year free of charge, if you pay every three years. With this promo, you get the 250 GB for only $30 every three years ($10/year).
    https://netdynamics24.com/backup-services.php
    Code: LET50%

    do you have a heritage arrangement in case of death?

    We said LIFETIME, we didn't say ETERNAL.

    Thanked by 2rpqu WyvernCo
  • rpqurpqu Member

    @NetDynamics24 said:

    @mp11 said:

    @NetDynamics24 said:

    @JosephF said:
    What is the cheapest set-it-and-forget-it storage for photographs that I will rarely need to access? Need about 250 GB of space. With a provider that's been around and won't need to think if they'll disappear in the next ten years.

    Please quote pricing.

    We are in business for many years and plan to stay online lifetime.
    Our offer is 50% recurring discount and one whole year free of charge, if you pay every three years. With this promo, you get the 250 GB for only $30 every three years ($10/year).
    https://netdynamics24.com/backup-services.php
    Code: LET50%

    do you have a heritage arrangement in case of death?

    We said LIFETIME, we didn't say ETERNAL.

    What if we purchase it as legal person ?

  • NetDynamics24NetDynamics24 Member, Host Rep

    @rpqu said:

    @NetDynamics24 said:

    @mp11 said:

    @NetDynamics24 said:

    @JosephF said:
    What is the cheapest set-it-and-forget-it storage for photographs that I will rarely need to access? Need about 250 GB of space. With a provider that's been around and won't need to think if they'll disappear in the next ten years.

    Please quote pricing.

    We are in business for many years and plan to stay online lifetime.
    Our offer is 50% recurring discount and one whole year free of charge, if you pay every three years. With this promo, you get the 250 GB for only $30 every three years ($10/year).
    https://netdynamics24.com/backup-services.php
    Code: LET50%

    do you have a heritage arrangement in case of death?

    We said LIFETIME, we didn't say ETERNAL.

    What if we purchase it as legal person ?

    I am not sure I understood. You can order any of our services as a legal person.

  • forestforest Member

    @NetDynamics24 said:

    @rpqu said:

    @NetDynamics24 said:

    @mp11 said:

    @NetDynamics24 said:

    @JosephF said:
    What is the cheapest set-it-and-forget-it storage for photographs that I will rarely need to access? Need about 250 GB of space. With a provider that's been around and won't need to think if they'll disappear in the next ten years.

    Please quote pricing.

    We are in business for many years and plan to stay online lifetime.
    Our offer is 50% recurring discount and one whole year free of charge, if you pay every three years. With this promo, you get the 250 GB for only $30 every three years ($10/year).
    https://netdynamics24.com/backup-services.php
    Code: LET50%

    do you have a heritage arrangement in case of death?

    We said LIFETIME, we didn't say ETERNAL.

    What if we purchase it as legal person ?

    I am not sure I understood. You can order any of our services as a legal person.

    Legal personhood applies to entities such as corporations. ;)

  • Shubham14Shubham14 Member

    Try Hostman i tried it it's preety good s3 Object storage $4/250gb a month
    https://hostman.com/products/s3-storage/

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  • whynotlearnwhynotlearn Member

    @Shubham14 said:
    Try Hostman i tried it it's preety good s3 Object storage $4/250gb a month
    https://hostman.com/products/s3-storage/

    It's actually a pretty bad deal. Like really bad.

    https://hexabyte.se/en/cloud/object-storage/

    Hexabyte cloud storage is euro 5 / tb and they support granular billing

    so for 250 GB you got it for around 1.4525$ per month and they have no egress billing but they do say that it isn't designed for extremely high bandwidth limits but for most cases, its honestly fine and you get the benefit of not having to worry about egress.

    Onidel S3 and BuyVM slabs both cost 4$/TB and so they can get to 1$/month but in case of buyvm you have to buy a server to attach that too but these two options are good as well.

    It also depends on the convenience. If someone wants to pay yearly. Hostbrr/Dedirock deals are good. You can go ask Dedirock for a custom deal maybe too.

  • mp11mp11 Member

    @NetDynamics24 said:

    @mp11 said:

    @NetDynamics24 said:

    @JosephF said:
    What is the cheapest set-it-and-forget-it storage for photographs that I will rarely need to access? Need about 250 GB of space. With a provider that's been around and won't need to think if they'll disappear in the next ten years.

    Please quote pricing.

    We are in business for many years and plan to stay online lifetime.
    Our offer is 50% recurring discount and one whole year free of charge, if you pay every three years. With this promo, you get the 250 GB for only $30 every three years ($10/year).
    https://netdynamics24.com/backup-services.php
    Code: LET50%

    do you have a heritage arrangement in case of death?

    We said LIFETIME, we didn't say ETERNAL.

    That's a serious question for a one man business, I don't know why you kidding about it.

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