alt Hacker NewsYou're not joking. If you're like most people and have only a few TiB of data in total, self hosting on a NAS or spare PC is very viable. There are even products for non-technical people to set this up (e.g. software bundled with a NAS). The main barrier is having an ISP with a sufficient level of service.
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hoppp • last Friday at 11:04 AM
But if you have a lot of data, self hosting is still cheaper.
Its always gonna be cheaper because you don't have the cloud provider's profit margin, which can be quite high.
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Sure, hardware is cheap.
However if you actually follow the 3-2-1 rule with your backups, then you need to include a piece of real estate in your calculation as well, which ain’t cheap.