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My first thought is "why don't you keep a backup?" I really don't know what the moral of this story is beyond "don't keep one copy of all your data, especially

My first thought is "why don't you keep a backup?" I really don't know what the moral of this story is beyond "don't keep one copy of all your data, especially in the same physical location." Online storage is cheap. Bandwidth is cheap. There's a multitude of solutions in the comments if a consumer solution like Dropbox or Google Drive isn't good enough for you.

cptskippy 8y ago
> Bandwidth is cheap. Most ISPs in the US now have a 1TB datacap and charge ridiculous rates for overages.
- bastawhiz 8y ago
  Are you really pushing 1TB/mo, though? That would be a full quarter of OP's lifetime of data. And in those cases where you are, could you not afford business class internet for a bit of a premium?
  - detaro 8y ago
    It's on top of your other bandwidth usage though. Family of 4 with Netflix/YouTube/Twitch can accumulate quite a bit. Still, using an online service at least for an important subset is a good idea.
  - cptskippy 8y ago
    3 Nest cameras and streaming in 4k (Netflix, YouTube, Amazon) use up quite a bit. Since I started tracking last April, 736gb a month has been our lowest. Most AAA video games are 40-80gb, and my partner and I both can work from home with always on VPN. So downloading random Steam games to play or taking a few videos of the kids for family can easily result in an extra 150gb of incidental bandwidth. Over Thanksgiving we hit 973gb with guests in the house. I reduced all the camera and Netflix quality settings the last week of November to avoid the penalty fee.
- vonseel 8y ago
  Yikes, seeing as I just signed up with Backblaze and uploaded about 3TB the last week, I was a bit worried there for a minute. AT&T gigabit customers are on unlimited plan for anyone else seeing this who is a customer, see https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/u-verse-high-speed-internet/KM1010099 https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/u-verse-high-spe...

cptskippy 8y ago

> Bandwidth is cheap. Most ISPs in the US now have a 1TB datacap and charge ridiculous rates for overages.

bastawhiz 8y ago
Are you really pushing 1TB/mo, though? That would be a full quarter of OP's lifetime of data. And in those cases where you are, could you not afford business class internet for a bit of a premium?
- detaro 8y ago
  It's on top of your other bandwidth usage though. Family of 4 with Netflix/YouTube/Twitch can accumulate quite a bit. Still, using an online service at least for an important subset is a good idea.
- cptskippy 8y ago
  3 Nest cameras and streaming in 4k (Netflix, YouTube, Amazon) use up quite a bit. Since I started tracking last April, 736gb a month has been our lowest. Most AAA video games are 40-80gb, and my partner and I both can work from home with always on VPN. So downloading random Steam games to play or taking a few videos of the kids for family can easily result in an extra 150gb of incidental bandwidth. Over Thanksgiving we hit 973gb with guests in the house. I reduced all the camera and Netflix quality settings the last week of November to avoid the penalty fee.
vonseel 8y ago
Yikes, seeing as I just signed up with Backblaze and uploaded about 3TB the last week, I was a bit worried there for a minute. AT&T gigabit customers are on unlimited plan for anyone else seeing this who is a customer, see https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/u-verse-high-speed-internet/KM1010099 https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/u-verse-high-spe...