an unholy ensemble of 4 external drives and 2 cloud storage providers managed with git annex
capacity: 3 TB + “pay as you go”
available: 1TB
used: 1.01TB
the drives were originally 5, then 1 failed and added the “pay as you go” s3 provider to pick up the slack
git annex handles redundancy and versioning, i configured it to keep 2 copies of every file across the 4 drives and the s3 provider, then i got 1tb of free onedrive space from my university and i’m in the process of making a full backup of everything in there
not really backup as much as redundant storage, but i think it’s close enough
if anyone wants to roast my setup please do
@christophski
i prefer not to recommend specific storage providers, as i can’t ensure they’ll keep being good in the future and won’t suddenly fail taking all data with them.
Still, like other data hoarders probably already told you, ensure that a single provider doesn’t hold the only copy of your data and that the files you put on them are encrypted, so that weirdos don’t go snooping in your privates.
I’d also advise choosing providers that support standard protocols like s3, sftp, webdav or similar, so that you can use an external tool to manage your data and migrate more easily in case you need to switch.
now, it always depends exactly what you need it for, i was talking about keeping personal files i care about in the cloud, you could need something different for another purpose, but it would get too long for a comment on lemmy