ok so I for one do not like the word CLOUD.. It bothers me when my wife or others say ... Just put it in the "Cloud"... i usually snap back and say.. yeah so it is just sitting there in infinite storage... then ask.. Do you know what a cloud is and they reply.. no i dont have too.. its up there..
so am I being a skurdy cat? shall I embrace cloud storage?
where I am going with this is simple. I have 0 offsite backup for my family pics/data. If I lost it wife would definitely not talk to me anymore...
I currently run Server 2016 Standard with Essentials Role. In addition I run Stablebit drive pool on top of that.
Love it. to me I dont need raid performance of raid 10/60 or whatever...
SBDP is simple.. put drives of same or different size in and pool them.
in a 6 drive system as an example you then can say..
Family Pics - duplicate onto all 6
family data - duplicate onto all 6
music - duplicate on 2
DVR shows - do not duplicate but will place files across all 6 so if one drive goes you dont loose say all of them...
so with that they do have a cloud pool product now and I am thinking if I purchase that and then add in all the free storage cloud space I have or add more, place my stuff there for offsite storage.
now an alternative to that is I can build a machine that utilizes very little power and place it at a friends house. Guy at work uses some torrent software that replicates between the 2 systems. This way you have an offsite storage and you dictate the storage. Of course it has to be a good bud, one you bribe with beverages and or you reciprocate and setup the same for him if he chooses.
so what are your thoughts and...
list up free cloud space places and ill keep them all in a big list here
so am I being a skurdy cat? shall I embrace cloud storage?
where I am going with this is simple. I have 0 offsite backup for my family pics/data. If I lost it wife would definitely not talk to me anymore...
I currently run Server 2016 Standard with Essentials Role. In addition I run Stablebit drive pool on top of that.
Love it. to me I dont need raid performance of raid 10/60 or whatever...
SBDP is simple.. put drives of same or different size in and pool them.
in a 6 drive system as an example you then can say..
Family Pics - duplicate onto all 6
family data - duplicate onto all 6
music - duplicate on 2
DVR shows - do not duplicate but will place files across all 6 so if one drive goes you dont loose say all of them...
so with that they do have a cloud pool product now and I am thinking if I purchase that and then add in all the free storage cloud space I have or add more, place my stuff there for offsite storage.
now an alternative to that is I can build a machine that utilizes very little power and place it at a friends house. Guy at work uses some torrent software that replicates between the 2 systems. This way you have an offsite storage and you dictate the storage. Of course it has to be a good bud, one you bribe with beverages and or you reciprocate and setup the same for him if he chooses.
so what are your thoughts and...
list up free cloud space places and ill keep them all in a big list here