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

by szemy2 on 1/15/23, 4:21 PM with 8 comments

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.

  • by recrudesce on 1/15/23, 5:43 PM

    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.

  • by bosch_mind on 1/15/23, 4:23 PM

    Self-hosted nextcloud with Hetzner storage box

  • by faebi on 1/15/23, 4:44 PM

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

  • by Overtonwindow on 1/15/23, 7:27 PM

    Amazon Glacier. The price is just too good.