Saving Money on Cloud Storage: A 2026 Personal Stack

Описание и применение

Автор заменил облачные хранилища на собственный сервер, увеличив объём хранения до 8 ТБ и получив полный контроль, но при этом увеличил годовые расходы на 370 USD.

Задача

The author wanted to reduce recurring cloud storage costs and gain more control over data.

Результат

The author now has 8 TB usable storage (expandable to 10 TB+), full control, and no subscription traps, but pays $370/year more than the previous cloud setup.

Рабочий процесс

• 1. Selected a Hetzner dedicated server (AX41‑NVMe) for primary storage.
• 2. Added Backblaze B2 cold storage for 4 TB backup.
• 3. Purchased ScsDriver lifetime license ($5.5) to mount storage locally.
• 4. Registered a domain name ($1/month).
• 5. Configured the server for Nextcloud/MinIO/Plex and set up backups.

Доказательства

I used to pay $290/year for Dropbox + Google Drive + OneDrive.

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$30/month for the server. Same amount of storage (more, actually), full control, no subscription traps.

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$55/month total, $660/year after the first year.

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I have 4TB primary + 4TB cold backup = 8TB usable, expandable to 10TB+ by adding disks.

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Self-hosting isn't a cost optimization. It's a control / privacy / flexibility decision.

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