How I Cut My Cloud Storage Bill From $240/Year to $10/Year

说明与用途

通过自托管 Nextcloud、实施 3‑2‑1 备份策略并最小化云使用，将年度云存储成本从 240 美元降至 41 美元。

问题

High annual cloud storage costs ($240/year) and limited space across multiple services.

结果

Annual cost dropped from $255 to $41, saving $214/year while gaining 16 TB of usable storage.

工作流

• Cancel iCloud and switch to phone‑direct Nextcloud
• Cancel Dropbox and migrate work files to a Nextcloud WebDAV mount via ScsDriver
• Cancel Backblaze and implement a 3‑2‑1 backup strategy with local RAID, remote rsync, and critical‑data B2

证据

I had: Dropbox Plus ($120/year, 2 TB) — for daily work files; iCloud+ ($36/year, 200 GB) — for iPhone photos; Backblaze Personal ($99/year, unlimited) — for backups

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After 3 months I had 47 GB of photos on my Nextcloud, all viewable in the iOS Photos app via the native share sheet. Saved $36/year.

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Set up ScsDriver to mount it as a Windows drive letter (Z:). rsync the entire Dropbox folder from ~/Dropbox to the Z: drive over 2 nights (~400 GB). Saved $120/year.

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Primary copy: on my home server (RAID 1, 16 TB); Secondary copy: rsync nightly to a friend's house (8 TB external drive); Tertiary copy: encrypted Backblaze B2 of just the truly critical stuff (about 50 GB, costs $0.50/month). Saved $93/year.

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What I run now (annual cost): Domain $10; Backblaze B2 $6; Home server electricity $25; Total $41/year.

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