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		bArray 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Exfiltrate your Weights I used to host 1TB on a cheap $1 VPS, it's quite easy if you just want to store stuff. The trick is to just connect to a networked drive at your home on the back-end. The VPS drive just acts as a buffer for the network. If low(-ish) bandwidth is acceptable, you can offer downloading too.
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morgoo 13 days ago [–]

I doubt you're getting 1TB of storage for $1 anymore

layer8 13 days ago | [–]

Yeah, $4 at Hetzner is about the cheapest.

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