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Cloud storage solution? (programming.dev)

submitted 7 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hey Lemmy, what do you recommend for cloud backup? OneDrive is now locking me out due to apparently breaking their terms of service, so it's just the push I need to find something else.

I know everyone recommends Nextcloud for self-hosted, but I'm looking to pay for something where I'll get a little more reliability.

I'm seeing mixed reviews of Proton Drive so I'd be curious if anyone has experience with that, especially compared to OneDrive.

Thanks in advance!

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[–] sudneo@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have no problem with Proton drive for simple Directory-based backups (Windows only AFAIK at the moment). That said, it is not a specialized backup solution, and for that I think something like backblaze is much better (and cheaper, possibly).

[–] AnActOfCreation@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I should say I'm more interested in a good multi-device sync than long-term backup, so that sounds good for Proton.

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

Note that sync and backup don't necessarily need to be the same process. You could use i.e. Syncthing for syncrhonisation between clients and a NAS and then create scheduled backups of the synced dirs on the NAS using i.e. borg backup.

[–] JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You could combine something like backblaze with syncthing and get both. And you wouldn't lose syncing if your cloud storage provider became inaccessible. There's a self hosted aspect to that, albeit an easy one so perhaps still not something you want to do? Felt worth mentioning though.

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago

+1 for proton I’ve been using it for a few months now.

As for multi device between it works great between my two windows laptops but as for my phone it’s iffy (thanks apple :D)