datahoarder
Who are we?
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.
We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.
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Cold storage is enough. Most of the data are pictures and videos that i don't access regularly. I was looking at Hetzner but it looks like most of the servers are in the EU. I'm based out of the US so i'm guessing file transfer would be slow. I also don't have experience with Hetzner but if they are reputable then i don't have an issue with going down that route.
Yep, it's EU. File transfer shouldn't be bad if your files are large, though it's best if you tested it first—it might depend on your ISP's peering and your prefered transfer protocols/tooling. Whether it's reputable for your purpose, you probably have to do your own research. Also, remember that the offer I mentioned would only be equivalent in durability to a single-box RAID5 for your purposes, so not exactly equivalent to Google's.