Spec me an open source cloud backup management system (with photo storage)

MrRockliffe · 22 Oct 2024 at 14:38

Hi all

Due to the ongoing issues with Microsoft OneDrive and shared folders (since June), I'm looking to migrate my entire cloud backup system to another provider. The issue being that shared folders show as internet shortcuts within OneDrive on your machine, rather than local folders. This means if I share a folder full of files with somebody, they can only access this folder from online - they are unable to sync it to their machine. The same happens the other way round. This is core functionality which I use daily, so I need an alternative.

I used to use Google, but had endless problems with the photos backup and constant duplicates/deletion. At one point, it deleted all my photos from 2018 backwards permanently, and they are completely lost.

Does anybody have any good, solid recommendations? Since I've already done the change once, I don't want to do it again after the second time :-)

Thanks

nade · 22 Oct 2024 at 14:43

My first thought would be Amazon Photos. If you have Prime should have unlimited full res photo storage and I seem to be showing up to 5GB for Video.

But i'll be honest, not used it much at all myself, so don't have any real pro/con stories. But it was my first next thought after you mentioned Google and OneDrive.

MrRockliffe · 22 Oct 2024 at 14:55

nade said:
My first thought would be Amazon Photos. If you have Prime should have unlimited full res photo storage and I seem to be showing up to 5GB for Video.

But i'll be honest, not used it much at all myself, so don't have any real pro/con stories. But it was my first next thought after you mentioned Google and OneDrive.

Thanks for the recommendation, however I don't have Prime and not sure of the longevity of an Amazon backup service, since they discontinued Amazon Drive

bloodiedathame · 22 Oct 2024 at 15:03

I use Dropbox for work and find it very good.

MrRockliffe · 22 Oct 2024 at 15:25

bloodiedathame said:
I use Dropbox for work and find it very good.

I just checked and it seems like it's double the price of Google and Microsoft. I don't mind spending a little more for a smaller company, but double seems excessive :/

MrRockliffe · 2025-01-16T16:49:13+0000

Bumping this due to the Microsoft price increases for family, from £80 a year to £105.

Looking to build my own backup system using something open source to manage it.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Sirrel Squirrel · 2025-01-16T18:47:28+0000

Dropbox is really good but I personally use Google Drive as it's bundled with my mobile contract. Which is why I also used to use Dropbox.

MrRockliffe · 2025-01-16T19:02:25+0000

Sirrel Squirrel said:
Dropbox is really good but I personally use Google Drive as it's bundled with my mobile contract. Which is why I also used to use Dropbox.

Looking to move to a platform which allows me to host and manage my own cloud backup.

If I’m paying £100 a year, in 3 years I’ll have enough to do my own server, and won’t need to pay afterwards.