[plug] Looking for cheapest *australian* cloud storage (slow and cheap)

[Benjamin]

tempted to offer it for $5 for 1TB :)

On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM Chris McCormick <chris at mccormick.cx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 20/07/2025 14:02, Sen ectus wrote:
> > I just want a place to stick my off site homelab backup data. less than
> 1TB
> > Doesnt need to be fast or have any fancy features. it'll be encrypted
> > prior to transmission etc.
>
> So basically you want 1TB of remotely accessible disk somewhere in
> Australia.
>
> I'm interested in this so I did a little bit of research. By no means
> comprehensive, just trying to get a ballpark.
>
> - Digital Ocean VPS in Sydney. 1TB is going to cost about $100/month.
> - Hostaway dedicated machine in Wangarra. 1RU colo $130/mo.
>
> I asked an LLM to do research and it found:
>
> - BinaryLane, who do a "storage" VPS for $22.50/month with 1TB storage.
> <https://www.binarylane.com.au/vps-hosting/linux-vps> (click the "HDD
> Storage" tab).
>
> - Network Storage:
> <https://www.networkpresence.com.au/hosting/vps-plans/storage-vps.html>
> $20/month with 1TB.
>
> Thinking outside the box:
>
> - CloudFlare R2 bucket. $15.83/month but you can't guarantee it's in
> Australia (and if that's not a constraint, there are even cheaper options).
>
> - Find a local friend/business/university who will let you put a machine
> on their network. Set up wireguard so you can access it remotely. Use
> rsync.
>
> This last option is going to be the cheapest I think, particularly if
> you do the same for them. Though it's more work obviously and you need
> physical hardware. You could do the first sync at home so most of the
> data is sync'ed over already to minimise network traffic.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris.
>
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