[quote=spdrun]As far as pricing — you’d be very surprised. You can get an Atom-based barebones computer, load it up with two 1TB drives in RAID 1 for a few hundred dollars.
Be able to back up unlimited computers to the device, stream music off of it, etc.[/quote]
I build my own computers, so I know the cost of building one. Backblaze charges me $95 for 2 years for unlimited data. There’s no way I can run my own server for that kind of price. My bet is, the cost of electricity alone would probably cost me that much. Then there’s the cost of replacing components when it fail. Then there’s the rare situations (if my house burn down), I feel safer to know I have another back up at a different location. I do have 2-3 different copy of those pictures/videos w/in my house.
Two 1TB drives cost $220+, depending on which brand. Then the cost of the other components (my guess would be at least another $200 (decent MB with RAID options tend to run at least $70+)). For $420+, that will get me 8+ years with Backblaze.
