I have a synology NAS where I backup my photos to. What would be the most cost effective way to encrypt and back up this data without having to purchase another NAS and install it at a family member’s house. It would be about 5 TB and would not touch the data unless my NAS completely takes a crap.

  • Perrin42@kbin.social
    3·
    11 months ago

    I’m a big fan of Backblaze; $50 per year for unlimited backup for one device, and you can generate your own encryption key so they can’t access your data.

    • Dantastic@kbin.social
      2·
      11 months ago

      I don’t think Backblaze’s personal unlimited tier is going to easily support op’s Synology. I’m sure there’s a way to get it to work, but their B2 service integrates with Synology and is the appropriate route to take. Op’s looking for redundancy. I wouldn’t want to rely on an unsupported work around to guarantee my data when they offer a service that’s targeted towards what they want to accomplish.

      Backblaze B2 is probably going to be the cheapest and seamless options since they say it integrates with Synology NAS. It’s $5/TB/month.

      Microsoft Azure Archive storage looks like it might be cheaper per month, but that’s just going based on storage costs alone. This guide has a pretty decent explanation of examples of the cost to upload and store it.

      Backblaze B2 has the synology integration and op wouldn’t have to think about the costs of being able to access or retrieve the data from something like Azure cold or archive storage tiers, since B2 is sold as a hot storage option.

      • grahamsz@kbin.social
        2·
        11 months ago

        Azure Blob Storage at their Archive tier level is 99c/TB/month, but it’s definitely spendy when you try to extract data from it.

      • midnightlightning@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        I’ll also vouch for Backblaze’s B2 plan; works well with Synology, and has great reporting options to let you know if you’re approaching your budgeted value, and web-based browsing tools to verify what data they got successfully sent to them.

    • CaptainJanegay@kbin.social
      2·
      11 months ago

      The backup service is good, inexpensive and easy to set up, so easy to recommend.

      I now use their B2 service with duplicati (available as a docker container, but idk how well it works with Synology). It’s dirt cheap and equally reliable, but requires more setup by the user, and you must follow good practise and do a test restore of some files to make sure it works.

      So it’s really a trade-off, depending on what you want to prioritise.

      • Machinist3359@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        I’m somewhat tempted by B2 but $5/TB/mo feels a bit steep for a NAS.

        For me that would be about $100/mo, and for OP that’s $25/mo. It would only take a few months before buying a drive for off site cold backup would be more cost effective.

        Considering their personal plan is $7/mo for unlimited TBs, it really invites hobbiests to find workarounds after their first TB. Unless I’m missing something.