synology + syncthing

Yeah i've been on iCloud for the past 8 years. All my stuff instantly available across my devices. 200GB plan now going to full soon need to up to 2TB plan.

All these is working file?

No rush to upgrade now, only when you finished the 200GB then only buy more. They will return the balance to you too.

But you should check and delete the things that you dun want…example screen shoot

Ya, we pay for the services.

I also subscribe iCloud 200gb to share with my mum, so now all her stuff backup to iCloud.
Price of 1 starbuck every month only.

last two month i did a round of disk check. looks good. maybe if i did a test today,it will show bad sectors, but who cares.

anyway the idea if your data is important, make as many backups as possible, cloud, offline backup of any media and online storage. it doesn't matter. some people i see too trusted on their devices, they dont make any sort of backup.

This post has been edited by zerorating: Jun 26 2023, 12:37 PM

address book, email, go with Google account.

photos, just sign up rm134 per year for 200gb of google photo..

once a while, delete those photo on your phone to make space for new photos..

that's it...

I means what data so important for you to back up?

i dont have any lol. so i dont care.
im not a nostalgic guy anyway.

Google is good for file back up, from your pc to google drive etc.

But for photo…google photo is not the best…better use iPhone photo to manage your pictures

And yet, even you pay for google drive/photo, google still claim the right of use your photo.

Ok. Then u back up for what?

The pricing is actually pretty competitive nowadays. The hard disks don't last forever, you still need to change them every 2-3 years. Plus electricity and the convenience, it will come out to roughly the same number.

RM8.50/month is a bit expensive can look for cheaper ones. But here is the math.
RM8.50 per month works out to RM102 per year or RM210 every two years for a 100 gb.

A new 1 TB portable hard disk is ~RM200. Assuming you have a backup and you change the disk once every 2 years.
That's RM200 every year for changing your hard disk and it's backup copy. 1 TB.
Not inclusive electricity, hardware, hassle etc. The only real advantage is privacy.

Disclaimer: I switched to cloud from self hosted 2-3 years back.

this is why i dont go for cloud route especially google wan, each file uploaded will have a checksum, if the checksum matched with DMCA claimed files, good luck accessing those files lol.
even non-p2p pirates nowadays utilizing google storage, it is just the cheapest way to host files.

It sounds like u kaki porn

When the hdd broken, u do not know whether u should just throw it…or fix it…

Normally I changed every 2-3 years, regardless of the condition of the hard disks. 3 hard disks, so 1 new one every year. I rarely waited until it failed. It was a sort of central storage for the whole family.

I just formatted the old one and used it for storing movies on my NAS or passed it to my kids.

This is make more sense….
Uncle was doing the same like your way in previously

why i need to account electricity when my mass storage/backups are offline? also in this modern age, you are not limited to HDD, you have flash storage for cheap now. if manufacturer willing to give 5 years warranty, it mean that devices can lasts that long most of the time, you dont need to retire that in 1/2 years. you see backblaze report, they are having hdd that was used for close to 8 years, offline media can lasts even longer as long the disk cover remain fully sealed.
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-dr...ts-for-q1-2023/

anyway my important documents are less than 1GB honestly, i just used my free google storage for those. but if i want to have a backup of my not important files, i need at least 10TB, google want rm200/monthly for those? it will be hard time for me to consider.

anyway cloud storage are not meant for everyone, i feel it is expensive because i hardly utilize it.

data is just 0s and 1s, who care its porn or something else.
porn videos can have sentimental value to someone.

This post has been edited by zerorating: Jun 26 2023, 01:20 PM