Colocation Storage vs Cloud Storage

almighty_MOE · March 23, 2015

hi guys I need your personal opinion on this one; User Experience, Cost Effectiveness etc.

paprikman · March 23, 2015

hi guys I need your personal opinion on this one; User Experience, Cost Effectiveness etc.

I use personal storage, because it costs just about I would pay for the cloud; it's always 'up', because connected via local gigabyte network; I don't wanna give my personal data to somebody else and also pay for it.

Good local storage will cost u about 500-600$ (near 10tb of storage), power consumption depends on your needs.

Sylvanar · March 23, 2015

I prefer personal storage cuz its cheap @$120 for about 2tb HDD and there is no hassle involved with second or third party dependencies...but if u want to store for longer periods then I would suggest making multiple copies and storing them in different places such as HDD, cloud, M-disk and what not

ShadowCaptain · March 23, 2015

I back up to my server, which backs up to cloud ... so both

eldergeek · March 23, 2015

I'm paranoid about my data being backed up to a ridiculous degree - I often back up on Bluray, keep Onedrive updated (the advantage of office 365 is that you get unlimited storage) as well as a USB hard drive.

ChineseChef · March 23, 2015

I assume your goal is offsite storage. Which is better will be based on your needs.

Cloud will be cheaper for nearly any amount of storage. But Colocation will likely be way faster, and you have total control of your data.

Cloud does all the system management and administration, and gives you any support you need. Colocation means you can fully customize to your hearts content, but, you have to do all system management and administration.

Colocation is usually quite expensive due to the needs that most businesses have and are willing to pay for.

If you are just needing somewhere to put lots of data, like the others have said, local storage at home is likely the best all around. But this of course is not an offsite storage.