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I'm working on shutting down a business that has significant digital assets that they'd like to store for several years post-shutdown. Does anyone know what the most reasonable approach would be for storing ~10TB somewhere and prepaying for 2-3? Egress is unlikely, so high egress fees are fine – this is more of a CYA for them.

None of the pricing pages out there really seem to cover this.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

AWS offers exactly this. You upload to S3, then reserve the storage (at a discount) for a few years. You can pay upfront.

It's not cheap, but it's the most reliable and secure option for a business.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Use pcloud business account to store the data. Or just buy a 10tb lifetime account for $1,000. The account will be a company assistant that can be used for life.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You could try out Storj. It's a globally distributed cloud storage. You can pre-pay and get a 10% discount by adding Storj crypto to your account. 10TB would be roughly $40/mo before any discounts.