Running my own cloud server ideas?

GodAtum · 21 Nov 2013 at 13:42

I currently run a FreeNas server but would like to move it to the cloud. I was thinking about installing ownCloud which looks great but I would still need an off-site cloud server otherwise its a pointless exercise.

Maybe Amazon S3 might be a solution but it might end up being very expensive transferring in and out TBs of data.

GodAtum · 21 Nov 2013 at 14:09

Caged said:
All the meaningless talk of cloud aside, what do you actually want to achieve? Large amounts of storage online only? An online backup?

I do get confused about clouds lol. I want to get online access to my data and backup the same data. ATM I use Dropbox, Skydrive etc for some of my data but want to move way from those. I also use a NAS at home for my larger files.

GodAtum · 21 Nov 2013 at 14:55

Caged said:
Your best bet is probably to install a package on your NAS that can backup to Amazon Glacier.

That looks like it would cost a lot to sync though as its mainly used for archiving?

GodAtum · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:01

Yep. I was looking at Crashplan too. I mainly want an offsite backup for my OS backups and a cloud backup for my files.

GodAtum · 25 Nov 2013 at 19:17

might use an external disk and store it in a safe

GodAtum · 17 Jan 2014 at 16:34

Thinking of buying a VDS from vidahost, encrypting the drive (CentOS) and installing owncloud on it. Would this be straightforward to do in a VDS?