Ask HN: What is the current state of the art in BIG (>5TB) cloud backups?

I'm talking about greater than 5 TB in size. Rclone looks really good because I can just give it a bandwidth limit, point it at google drive and fire and forget. But I'm curious if that is the best way to do this? What does HN think?

This needs more information. 5TB is far from "BIG" when it comes to cloud backups.

You can probably get away with google drive+rclone+borg/restic/whatever, but it will be rather clunky. Backblaze might be a nicer backend to use.

I use rsync.net with borg, but not sure about your budget. Their 1TB lifetime plan is very competitive though.

6 days agoby monerozcash

If it’s important just use b2 or hetzner storage box. Use restic or rustic for backup and dedupe and encryption. I run this setup for home and work and we’re doing this on 10tb+.

6 days agoby bomewish

Like so many things, it depends-

How quickly do you need to be able to restore? Is it commercial or homelab?

The most cost-effective option by far would be to put a NAS device someplace offsite. You could use tailscale to connect to it remotely.

After that, depending on your access patterns, either a glacier-style s3 service (aws or backblaze/etc), or a rented bare-metal server with big disks some place inexpensive.

6 days agoby slipheen

I would start by going to https://diskprices.com/?locale=us to anchor my price expectations accordingly.

2 days agoby hiAndrewQuinn

I was actually talking to my dad the other day. He asked me if there is a way for him to replicate his hard drive to me without touching cloud providers. The contents are family photos & videos, plus paperwork. I couldn't find a simple solution.

6 days agoby aynyc

Rclone with aws s3 Glacier Deep Archive storage class is about $1 a month per TB.

I didn’t use rclone. I just used native AWS cli commands. But I’m an AWS guy and already had my own seldom used AWS account.

Restore takes from 12 (more expensive) to 48 hours (cheaper)

6 days agoby JustExAWS

I'm using Borg and Hetzner Storage Box. 5TB is nothing much. Big used to mean petabytes, but maybe petabytes aren't big any more either.

6 days agoby throwaway81523

5 TB? I don't know how to count that low.

6 days agoby Sohcahtoa82

Why are you choosing to use the cloud instead of spinning rust under your control?

Or to put it another way, why is state of the art important?

6 days agoby brudgers