How do you backup alot of data on the cheap on the cloud without big tech snorting around
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mrnobody@reddthat.com 1 day agoThat’s understandable. Microsoft, without much information or training unless you’re familiar enough with it, gave everyone “cloud storage”, but only enough for absolute basics (initially 15GB then only 7GB iirc)
Anyway, it redirects libraries to C:\Users\username\OneDrive\ so those files typically do reside locally but also instruct OneDrive to back those up. The downside is, unless you have the paid version of M365 personal or family, it fills up fast. I think there’s a lower tier now with maybe 100GB for $20/year, but still.
The issue is moving large amounts of data with all the power saving shit they also started doing to hibernate and save power overall, but why a data transfer doesn’t keep it awake is beyond me. They probably hope everyone just is either too dumb or computer illiterate to try anymore.
Cybersteel@lemmy.world 1 day ago
mrnobody@reddthat.com 22 hours ago
Look, I know people hate and protest Proton for their own reasons, and “a lot” of data is relative, but proton offers their bundles of 500GB for $120/yr or 2TB for $180/yr. Personally, this would be about the most private I could imagine you getting for the price. Others can probably do it far cheaper, however, at what cost?
However, I didn’t realize Nord also had offerings now, so this seems like it’d be the best value by far. $84/yr for 2TB!
Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
Infomaniak is even cheaper with kdrive www.infomaniak.com/fr/ksuite/kdrive/tarifs
mrnobody@reddthat.com 16 hours ago
They seem good, but I only stayed away bc I’ve not heard much about them, and I’ve been burned by storage companies starting out with really good pricing only to be unsustainable and then go belly up.
aloofPenguin@piefed.world 6 hours ago
Their free plan of onedrive is only 5gb now :(
I remember reading (I think on Wikipedia or something? ) that they used to offer unlimited when they were SkyDrive. But I may be wrong (it’s been a few years)