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Decentralized Cloud Storage (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Hey just wondering if anybody has any experience in a decentralized cloud storage solution. Pretty much just a personal replacement of Google, Apple, and Dropbox services. I’ve been doing some research and it seems like a cool technology that I have not heard about until I went looking for it. So just wanted to know if anyone had experience with it, the pricing, and which one they recommended. Thanks you.

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I never tried syncthing, I think I'll try it now. Do you think it would work to copy my borg backup?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    It should have no issues with syncing large files around, I keep 100's of gigs in sync with it.

    Otherwise, listen to arcterus - make sure you really think about how things are setup, otherwise you could easily sync a backup folder the wrong way, or cause an unintended deletion.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    If you're gonna use it for backups, you should ensure it's only syncing in one direction. If it's set up like normal (where it functions like Dropbox and syncs changes from any device to all your devices), if your data is corrupted or something on one device, it'll be synced everywhere. You can also configure it to store a certain number of revisions (which you could use either instead of one-way syncing or in addition).

    Also, if you're gonna use it for backups, it'd be a good idea to store your data offsite somewhere (whether that's by storing your data encrypted at some cloud provider through a VPS/whatever or at friend's/relative's place or something, that's up to you).

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