Does anyone have a cold storage for their cloud photo backups?

Question

Hi HN!I'd like to make sure I have a copy of all my pictures that I have on google photos, just in case (google shuts me out, google loses them, etc.).What is the best method to do this in an encrypted manner?Ideally I would save it to a hard drive once in a while.Alternate options are to pay another cloud provider (eg.: iCloud or OneDrive), but I'd feel more secure with a hard drive and probably costs less in the long run.

recrudesce · Accepted Answer

I use a docker build of this on my Synology NAS: https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync
Then I have a task set to start the docker container up at 2am every morning, which then automatically backs up any new images, then the docker container stops.
Works really well.

bosch_mind · Answer

Self-hosted nextcloud with Hetzner storage box

faebi · Answer

I just buy a hard disk every other year and throw a google export there.

Overtonwindow · Answer

Amazon Glacier. The price is just too good.

Does anyone have a cold storage for their cloud photo backups?

I use a docker build of this on my Synology NAS: https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-syncThen I have a task set to start the docker container up at 2am every morning, which then automatically backs up any new images, then the docker container stops.Works really well.

Self-hosted nextcloud with Hetzner storage box

I just buy a hard disk every other year and throw a google export there.

Amazon Glacier. The price is just too good.

I use a docker build of this on my Synology NAS: https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync
Then I have a task set to start the docker container up at 2am every morning, which then automatically backs up any new images, then the docker container stops.
Works really well.