The Differences Between Cloud Backup, Cloud Storage, and Cloud Sync
Object Storage vs. Block Storage Services | DigitalOcean
Is Your Cloud Storage Slow as Shit? – Becoming odrive
Best cloud backup of 2020: Online services to get your data backed up | TechRadar
Secure Data Recovery note the 3-2-1 rule:
Keep THREE copies of important data on TWO devices, with ONE of those copies saved offsite.
Comparisons
Favourite 19 Best FREE cloud storage - for Home & Work
Ars Archivum: Top cloud backup services worth your money – Ars Technica
10 Best Cloud Storage Services 2023: Personal & Business (Best Price)
Best cloud storage (February 2023) | TechRadar
The 5 Best Free Cloud Storage Services
Carbonite vs. Mozy vs. Backblaze - Best Backup Software
Crashplan vs Backblaze: The Unlimited Cloud Backup Roundup
pCloud vs Dropbox - We Compare the 2TB Plan side by side
pCloud vs Dropbox: Security vs Convenience in 2022
Clients
rclone - rsync for cloud storage
RcloneBrowser
Cyberduck | Libre FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2 & OpenStack Swift browser for Mac and Windows
Cyberduck Alternatives and Similar Software - AlternativeTo.net
gaul/s3proxy: Access other storage backends via the S3 API
duplicity: Encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup
Kopia
kopia/kopia: Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included.
Duplicacy A new generation cross-platform cloud backup tool, commercial app
LFTP - sophisticated file transfer program
介紹好用工具：功能完整且強大的 LFTP 命令列工具 | The Will Will Web
Uppy upload to multiple storage providers
odrive
odrive - Sync all cloud storage in one place
Setup Your odrive
odrive CLI
Sync CLIent ‘Magic’ – Becoming odrive
odrive-agent &
odrive authentication <TOKEN>
odrive mount ~/odrive
# sync is pulling from cloud to local
# `.cloud` corresponds to a file, `.cloudf` corresponds to a folder
odrive sync ~/odrive/Box.cloudf # became `~/odrive/Box/`
# sync all folders
find ~/odrive/Box/ -name '*.cloudf' -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 -P$(nproc) odrive sync
# refresh is syncing changes/updates
# sync per folder
find ~/odrive/Box/ -type d -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 -P$(nproc) odrive refresh
# sync deleted files
odrive emptytrashBackblaze
Backblaze uses consumer grade HDDs and publish Hard Drive Test Data quarterly.
Storage Pods
Backblaze Storage Pod
The Evolution and Future of Cloud Storage Pods
Agile Development for Hardware Design - A Case Study
Backblaze Vaults: Zettabyte-Scale Cloud Storage Architecture
Personal Backup
Cloud Backup: Easy, Secure Online Backup - Backblaze
personal unlimited backup for Mac and Windows at $5/mo
B2
B2 Cloud Storage: The Lowest Priced Online File Storage
Backblaze B2: The World’s Lowest Cost Cloud Storage
Introducing Backblaze B2 Lifecycle Rules
Backblaze B2 and the S3 Compatible API on Cloudflare
S3 alternative. The first 10 GB of storage and the first 1GB of download each day is free. 1TB is $5/mo
How to Backup Linux With Duplicity and Restic
Amazon S3 vs Microsoft Azure vs. B2 Cloud Storage Pricing
B2 Clients
Since B2 provides HTTP RESTful API, we can easily write our own client.
Get the Command-Line Tool source
B2 Python Pusher
b2sync - like rsync but for B2
Cloudflare
Cloudflare R2 | Zero Egress Distributed Object Storage | Cloudflare | Cloudflare S3-compatible API
Digital Ocean Spaces
An Introduction to DigitalOcean Spaces | DigitalOcean S3 compatible object store
How to Manage DigitalOcean Spaces with s3cmd | DigitalOcean
How To Configure s3cmd 2.x To Manage DigitalOcean Spaces | DigitalOcean
Dropbox
Install Dropbox
Developers - Dropbox
Reference Guide - Developers - Dropbox
Re: Dropbox icon stuck on starting - Dropbox Community - 331778
Beta: xx.3.xx
Stable: xx.4.xx
Dropbox stuck on indexing / syncing in Windows 10 : dropbox
Troubleshoot Issues with Selective Sync & Indexing | Dropbox Help
Dropbox Sync Issues | Dropbox Help
add Google Drive
Windows client provides virtual file system
Here's how Google is overhauling its cloud storage offerings | InfoWorld
Mega
MEGA
Megatools - command line client for Mega.nz
Mega Cloud Sync in Command Line on Arch Linux | DominicMDominicM
Memstore
Object Storage | Memset
5GB Free Tier, 50GB at £2.01/mo
pCloud
pCloud - The Most Secure Cloud Storage
10GB Free Tier, 50GB at £2.01/mo, life time subscription
Client provides virtual file system
How to Use pCloud in 2022 [Easy Step-by-Step Instructions]
How to add pCloud Drive to Startup on Ubuntu - FOSS Linux
Parsec
Parsec, Trust the cloud - Parsec
10GB Free Tier, 100GB at 5€/mo
Virtual file system
Scille/parsec-cloud: Open source Dropbox-like file sharing with full client encryption !
CrashPlan
Online Data Backup - Offsite, Onsite, & Cloud - CrashPlan Backup Software
Carbonite
Cloud backup solutions for home and business | Carbonite
SpiderOak
SpiderOak Secure Software | SpiderOak
FreeFileSync
Quick Start - FreeFileSync also sync locally
Private Cloud Solution
8 Self-Hosted Cloud Storage Solutions -PCQuest
Umbrel — A personal server OS for self-hosting
Umbrel Troubleshooting Guide - Guides - Umbrel Community
SparkleShare - Self hosted, instant, secure file sync
Syncany - Secure file sync software for arbitrary storage backends
Home | NAS4Free - The Free Network Attached Storage Project
ZFSguru.com
Packages | Synology Inc.
Synology Photos | Synology Inc.
QuMagie | AI-powered intelligent photo management | QNAP
Photo Station | Private Cloud Storage for Photos | QNAP
The ZFS NAS Box Thread - Ars Technica OpenForum
FileRun - Selfhosted File Sync and Share
kimono-koans/httm: Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs
Syncthing
sync between your machines, works best with Tailscale
Syncthing
Block Exchange Protocol v1 — Syncthing documentation
Syncthing Made EASY - YouTube
Sync files across multiple devices with Syncthing | Opensource.com
Control your data with Syncthing: An open source synchronization tool | Opensource.com
Synchronize Files Between Multiple Systems With Syncthing - OSTechNix
Linux Fu: Keep In Sync | Hackaday
canton7/SyncTrayzor: Windows tray utility / filesystem watcher / launcher for Syncthing
ownCloud/Nextcloud
ownCloud.org
The founders of the project are dissatisfied with ownCloud.com's management, IP strategy and direction over the project. So they forked the project and created Nextcloud.
Nextcloud
Nextcloud GitHub org
ownCloud Statement concerning nextcloud
​OwnCloud closes US office, blames Nextcloud | ZDNet
OwnCloud Has Been Forked By Former Developers, Founder - Phoronix
Speculations on why ownCloud's founder forked its popular product into Nextcloud - TechRepublic
OpenMediaVault
OpenMediaVault - The open network attached storage solution
Build your own NAS with OpenMediaVault
omv-extras.org Joomla
omv-extras.org Simple
FreeNAS
FreeNAS Storage Operating System | Open Source - FreeNAS - Open Source Storage Operating System
The Ars NAS distribution shootout: FreeNAS vs NAS4Free | Ars Technica
How-To: Set up a home file server using FreeNAS