Hetzner Storage Box
Hetzner's low-cost online storage space, accessible over SFTP, SMB, rsync and SSH.
Recommended as a cheap offsite backup target1234 that works over SSH, SFTP, Samba and rsync5 and pairs with tools like restic and borg.678 The main caveat is that it is plain storage with nothing fancy, though commenters call that good enough for backups.910
Why people recommend it
Backup target · 3
Commonly used as the offsite destination for home and important-data backups.
“backup the really important stuff, which goes to a Hetzner Storage Box”
“daily backups using restic to a Hetzner Storage Box”
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“Hetzner [2] also has quite cheap storage for stuff like backups.”
Low price · 3
Commenters cite roughly $3.50 for 1TB and 10 to 11 euros for 5TB per month.
“only ~$3.50/mo USD for 1TB of data”
“which is insane value for money at 11 euro per 5 terabytes per month”
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“Hetzner Storage Box is nothing fancy but good enough for a backup”
Tool compatibility · 3
Used with restic, borg and Filestash.
“daily backups using restic to a Hetzner Storage Box”
“Hetzner Storage Box is nothing fancy but good enough for a backup”
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“which is insane value for money at 11 euro per 5 terabytes per month”
Standard protocols · 1
Reliably reachable over SSH, SFTP, Samba and rsync.
“At least with Storage Box you know it's just a dumb storage box. And you can SSH, SFTP, Samba and rsync to it reliably.”
Caveats and dissent
Basic features · 2
Described as nothing fancy, just a plain storage box.
“Hetzner Storage Box is nothing fancy but good enough for a backup”
“At least with Storage Box you know it's just a dumb storage box. And you can SSH, SFTP, Samba and rsync to it reliably.”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead 2 mentions
- Ask HN: What Is Your Personal Backup Methods 1 mention
- Creating backup storage sucks 1 mention
- Backblaze has stopped backing up your data 1 mention
- I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack 1 mention
- Ask HN: European Tech Alternatives? 1 mention
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All comments 7
“daily backups using restic to a Hetzner Storage Box”
“only ~$3.50/mo USD for 1TB of data”
“Hetzner Storage Box is nothing fancy but good enough for a backup”
“At least with Storage Box you know it's just a dumb storage box. And you can SSH, SFTP, Samba and rsync to it reliably.”
“which is insane value for money at 11 euro per 5 terabytes per month”
“backup the really important stuff, which goes to a Hetzner Storage Box”
“Hetzner [2] also has quite cheap storage for stuff like backups.”