alt Hacker NewsS3 is costly and carries significant political baggage.
For a better alternative, run MinIO on a cloud provider of your choice, or stick with a secure option like Proton Drive.
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I use a cheap alternative to the 3-2-1 rule[1].
I use a mini pc with small smb shares (less than 1 TB). This thing is on 24/7, but runs energy efficient.
When it's time to move data, i copy it to a Synology NAS that holds lots of TB's. Then it's also time to backup the really important stuff, which goes to a Hetzner Storage Box[2].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup#3-2-1_Backup_Rule [2]: https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/
> S3 is costly
> run MinIO
When people say "s3", they mean "any s3 compatible storage" in my experience, not "amazon s3 specifically" or just "s3 as a protocol".
Suggesting MinIO as an alternative to something with "significant political baggage" seems weird given the recent rug pull?