MinIO is archived: self-hosted S3 alternatives
MinIO is now archived and unpatched. Compare SeaweedFS, Garage, RustFS and Ceph for a storage VPS, then move your buckets with rclone and verify every object.
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ZFS send/receive backups to a storage VPS
Replicate ZFS datasets to a storage VPS with zfs send and receive: full and incremental streams over SSH, compression, resumable transfers and a systemd timer.
Run a media server on a storage VPS?
A storage VPS holds terabytes cheaply, but can it stream them? Do the bandwidth arithmetic first, then split the library from the application.
Storage VPS or a managed storage box?
A managed storage box sells terabytes with no shell. A storage VPS sells root. Where the capability line falls, and what 19 % VAT does to the price.
How fast is a storage VPS disk, really?
Sequential throughput and random IOPS are two different numbers. See which one a cheap storage VPS gives you, and measure your own volume with fio.
EU storage VPS: data residency and cost
EU storage VPS pricing starts with one division: monthly price over usable terabytes. Then check the residency claim, the processing agreement and the disks.
Choosing a storage VPS: a buying checklist
Run down a storage VPS offer before you order: disk class and IOPS, fair use traffic, snapshot quota, root or SFTP only, contract term, and the GDPR paperwork.
Pair a storage VPS with your main VPS
Run the app on a fast small VPS and keep the terabytes on a cheap storage VPS. Join them with NFS, SSHFS or rclone over WireGuard, and survive a lost mount.
How much storage VPS do you actually need?
Size a storage VPS from your own data: photo library, Nextcloud share and a restic repository whose size follows retention, plus the euro per terabyte math.
Use a VPS as your off-site backup target
A snapshot at your provider is not off-site. Put backups on a VPS you control with Proxmox Backup Server or restic, and price the retention first.
Storage VPS vs regular VPS: what changes
A storage VPS trades NVMe speed and CPU for cheap terabytes. See which spec lines separate it from a standard VPS, and which workload each one fits.