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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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SSDs with 1000-layer memory chips expected in 2027: ultra-fast 20TB NVMe drives for $250 (www.tweaktown.com)

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[–] Blue_Morpho 25 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I don't think the vast majority use cloud storage because it's cheap. The vast majority use it because they are unwilling or unable to setup their own.

Hosting an Internet facing service out of your own house requires constant maintenance for security.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I self host, and drop encrypted backups onto a cloud storage provider. If anything, cheap storage is going to cost me more because I'll be inclined to back more up.

[–] peregus 3 points 5 months ago

Damn, you're right! That cheap SSD could bankrupt us! 🙈😆

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Right. And if you want to self host with some geographic redundancy, it requires having friends or family with a good Internet connection who are willing to let you have a server at their place. Not impossible, but can be annoying.

I'm setting up a raspberry pi+HDD at family's house, with wireguard to my home network. Fun stuff, but it's not an off-the-shelf solution, especially when you consider that it's not my Internet access, it's theirs, so trying to be polite with bandwidth/data caps means it's a bit kneecapped.

[–] hswolf 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, there are a lot of security layers checks that big providers handle that most beginners users don't even know exist.

I can't imagine the damage of someone breaching through your server and reaching your personal network.

Also an extra machine, if you plan to have 99% uptime.