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Arq can write to Amazon Cloud Drive, which has unlimited storage for $5/mo. I personally use Arq against Google Cloud Storage. I have around 1TB, and I use it

Arq can write to Amazon Cloud Drive, which has unlimited storage for $5/mo. I personally use Arq against Google Cloud Storage. I have around 1TB, and I use it to back up several external drives in addition to my MacBook. (Arq is nice in that it backs up the drive if it's connected, but won't prune olds backups if it's not, unlike services such as Backblaze.) I think I pay around $6-7/mo. I use a coldline bucket, which is the cheapest kind of bucket. Restoring is super fast (unlike Amazon Glacier, which I used previously) and not too expensive.

Karunamon 10y ago
Correction: "Unlimited" storage. Chances are high that you'll find yourself getting nasty emails (or worse) if you actually try to put a significant quantity of data up there. I wouldn't risk my amazon account on it, personally.
- lobster_johnson 10y ago
  Amazon does aggressively monitor and shut down accounts that store pirated content, but I've yet to hear any reports of Amazon cracking down on the amount of storage used. There are plenty of people who are storing absurd amounts of data [1]. If Amazon were cracking down on this, you'd hear it in /r/DataHoarder first. The ToS [2] don't mention any size limitations. In fact, it says you can store pretty much any file as long as the data doesn't violate any laws, including copyright. The only really worrying part is this: 3.2 Usage Restrictions and Limits. The Services are offered in the United States. We may restrict access from other locations. There may be limits on the types of content you can store and share using the Services, such as file types we do not support, and on the number or type of devices you can use to access the Services. We may impose other restrictions on use of the Services. [1] E.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/54bci8/anyone_got_the_limit_of_amazon_cloud_drive/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/54bci8/anyone_..., https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/3zhowv/amazon_unlimited_cloud_how_much_data_are_you/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/3zhowv/amazon_... [2] https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=201376540 https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId...
  - hvidgaard 10y ago
    I think Amazon drive is Amazons way to utilize unused storage and old storage capacity from S3.

Karunamon 10y ago

Correction: "Unlimited" storage. Chances are high that you'll find yourself getting nasty emails (or worse) if you actually try to put a significant quantity of data up there. I wouldn't risk my amazon account on it, personally.

lobster_johnson 10y ago
Amazon does aggressively monitor and shut down accounts that store pirated content, but I've yet to hear any reports of Amazon cracking down on the amount of storage used. There are plenty of people who are storing absurd amounts of data [1]. If Amazon were cracking down on this, you'd hear it in /r/DataHoarder first. The ToS [2] don't mention any size limitations. In fact, it says you can store pretty much any file as long as the data doesn't violate any laws, including copyright. The only really worrying part is this: 3.2 Usage Restrictions and Limits. The Services are offered in the United States. We may restrict access from other locations. There may be limits on the types of content you can store and share using the Services, such as file types we do not support, and on the number or type of devices you can use to access the Services. We may impose other restrictions on use of the Services. [1] E.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/54bci8/anyone_got_the_limit_of_amazon_cloud_drive/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/54bci8/anyone_..., https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/3zhowv/amazon_unlimited_cloud_how_much_data_are_you/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/3zhowv/amazon_... [2] https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=201376540 https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId...
- hvidgaard 10y ago
  I think Amazon drive is Amazons way to utilize unused storage and old storage capacity from S3.