Well, I just got my first "auction server" bill from @hetzner for my "Auction Server" I'm using as a #truenas #zfs backup destination.
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Well, I just got my first "auction server" bill from @hetzner for my "Auction Server" I'm using as a #truenas #zfs backup destination.
My hopes that the "hourly cost" would mean the bill would come in below the advertised maximum did not work out. The bill is for $32.
I'm NOT complaining about Hetzner's rates here, but close to $400/year to run a rmeote server that's basically acting as a host for a pair og 4TB disks is a LOT of money for a homelabber working in academia like me.
So I may need to give up on the magic of ZFS replication and cave to using something like S3 with Glacier cold storage (I'll look into other cheaper vendors for this - I have no problem with paying my former employer but if I can save money I'm gonna do it
Unlike the zfs replica it's not as guaranteed but given that my off site backups are really a DR thing, I'm honestly not sure how much that should matter to me.
I thought about the zfs.rent situation - but with HDD prices SO insane right now, my wife would be VERY rightt to balk at my wanting to spend another $700 on top of the close to $3K I spent for NAS and drives.
le sigh
The best laid plans of mice and men.Update: My thought that S3 storage might be cheaper was WAY out of line.
Backblaze B2, which I used to use to back up my Synology #NAS, is $6 per TB per month.
So it would be $24 to back up what I have now, and if I ever store more in my NAS (which has 40TB usable) it'll become cost p;rohibitive REALLY quick.
The backup thingie the Synology had, Hyperbackup, used to do a crazy amount of compression on the data.
Not sure what I'm gonna do about this.
I should probably submit a ticket t o @hetzner support to see how much adding extra disk would cost.
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Well, I just got my first "auction server" bill from @hetzner for my "Auction Server" I'm using as a #truenas #zfs backup destination.
My hopes that the "hourly cost" would mean the bill would come in below the advertised maximum did not work out. The bill is for $32.
I'm NOT complaining about Hetzner's rates here, but close to $400/year to run a rmeote server that's basically acting as a host for a pair og 4TB disks is a LOT of money for a homelabber working in academia like me.
So I may need to give up on the magic of ZFS replication and cave to using something like S3 with Glacier cold storage (I'll look into other cheaper vendors for this - I have no problem with paying my former employer but if I can save money I'm gonna do it
Unlike the zfs replica it's not as guaranteed but given that my off site backups are really a DR thing, I'm honestly not sure how much that should matter to me.
I thought about the zfs.rent situation - but with HDD prices SO insane right now, my wife would be VERY rightt to balk at my wanting to spend another $700 on top of the close to $3K I spent for NAS and drives.
le sigh
The best laid plans of mice and men.Update: My thought that S3 storage might be cheaper was WAY out of line.
Backblaze B2, which I used to use to back up my Synology #NAS, is $6 per TB per month.
So it would be $24 to back up what I have now, and if I ever store more in my NAS (which has 40TB usable) it'll become cost p;rohibitive REALLY quick.
The backup thingie the Synology had, Hyperbackup, used to do a crazy amount of compression on the data.
Not sure what I'm gonna do about this.
I should probably submit a ticket t o @hetzner support to see how much adding extra disk would cost.
@feoh Hi there, if you need the prices for extra disks, you can find them here
-> https://docs.hetzner.com/robot/dedicated-server/dedicated-server-hardware/price-server-addons -Lea
