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Your favorite cloud service + why?
Week 174 Group Rant
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My own cloud service. Mainly because of privacy reasons, but also playing around with servers can be fun. Before you know it you've got your own Spotify, Netflix, Google Drive, Last Pass etc... Without sacrificing all of you data :)

Sure, at first it may be a bit expensive because you have to get a server, but you don't need a crazy server to run these things, if you've got an old pc or laptop laying around you can use that too (in that case setting up your own cloud services is practically free).

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  • 5
    5y
    The difference between a cloud service and not a cloud is whether you deal with the hardware.

    So I would not consider my own servers cloud.

    And when you run your own you either need multiple servers or you loose redundancy.

    Scalability is likely not a factor for personal use ;)
  • 0
    5y
    @Voxera multiple servers for redundancy = more fun, yes please. I'm actually close to setting up one more for exactly that, I just need to order some drives.
  • 4
    5y
    @Voxera

    So, if a Azure employee is dealing with the hardware in one DC, they can't call that a cloud service? :P
  • 2
    5y
    @Linux point taken ;)

    Sure, if you provide cloud service to others it counts to :P

    Good enough :D
  • 1
    5y
    @Voxera but it says "ownCLOUD"... It's gotta be cloud
  • 1
    5y
    @netikras NextCLOUD actually :)
  • 1
    5y
    @0x000000 both
  • 0
    5y
    If only electricity wasn't to expensive around here (0.29€/kWh).. Hardware is one thing, but just for the running costs I could easily rent a server and have less bandwith concerns as well (for services being used out of home).
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