Hello all! My desktop hard drives are maxing out & I'm seeking some type of external storage expansion for my PC which I run a Jellyfin server on. This would be for storing my torrents and also working towards a 3-2-1 backup solution.

I'm leaning towards an enclosure type of setup with several ~10-12Tbs HDDs or SSDs in it of which one would be removed after complete backup and stored offsite as part of the 3-2-1 strategy. I'd need something very simple to work with as I'm not very Hardware-literate.

After doing some reading on the DataHoarder subReddit, I came across a post that showed this Ugreen 5-Bay enclsoure (https://www.ugreen.com/collections/usb-hub/products/ugreen-5-bay-usb-c-to-sata-hdd-ssd-raid-enclosure) and wondered what the opinions on U-Green products was or if anyone had ever used the particular product before.

Also, I am finding it difficult to find a reliable Cloud service, again as part of the 3-2-1 scheme except maybe Filen which seems to have good reviews on TrustPilot

Any positive input on quality enclosures, drives that can take the constant pounding torrenting requires and/or some good Cloud services would be most appreciated!

Thank You!

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Even S3 cold storage is expensive when you have tens of terabytes to backup. If you pay for a year or two of that, you could have bought more hard drives to back it up on.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 19 hours ago

That's a trade-off between cloud storage vs manual off site storage. You could do a monthly backup to a HDD and then save that at a safe deposit box, like the old days. Except replace HDD with tape.

Optionally you and a friend could trade HDDs, and you'd only have to spend gas money or postage.

Either way you're going to have some sort of regular cost.