Best data storage on Reddit

53 reviews from r/dataengineering, r/AZURE, r/CryptoTechnology and 9 more subreddits

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#1

Microsoft

4.2
(6)
"CosmosDB has a free tier, making it accessible for users."
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"Static Web Apps can be run for free alongside CosmosDB."
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"Data API Builder complements Static Web Apps and CosmosDB effectively."
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"Azure SQL dB offers a cost-effective basic mode at £5 per month, with a free mode available for limited usage."
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"Cosmos DB has an always-free tier and is cost-effective."
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"The managed database options are outside your price range."
#2

NVIDIA

4.5
(2)
"Kodi on a Shield TV can play 4K files directly from a shared folder."
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"Plex works well with external HDDs and the recent hotfix improved performance."
#3

Backblaze

4.5
(2)
"Backblaze is excellent for local computer backup."
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"Works well and in the background. Reasonably priced."
#4

NVMe Drive

5.0
(1)
"I would just get a 4 or 8TB nvme drive to act as your project drive."
#5

External Hard Drive

5.0
(1)
"Offload onto two external hard drives when you’re done for archival purposes."
#6

Computer

5.0
(1)
"Make your computer the server by installing the server software where the video files are stored."
#7

Wasabi

5.0
(1)
"Wasabi S3 is a great option for backup storage."
#8

Aiven

5.0
(1)
"Aiven offers a free plan for their Postgres service hosted on Digital Ocean, providing 5GB of storage."
#9

Sia

5.0
(1)
"Sia solves decentralized storage very well and it's cheap."
#10

TrueNAS

5.0
(1)
"TrueNAS is reliable for archival and backups."
#11

External HDD

5.0
(1)
"Using external 5600rpm HDD with no issues."
#12

Dropbox

5.0
(1)
"I actively use Dropbox storage with Ableton Live and love its snappiness."
#13

Kafka

5.0
(1)
"Kafka is a great choice for streaming platforms."
#14

RedPanda

5.0
(1)
"RedPanda offers excellent performance for real-time updates."
#15

Pulsar

5.0
(1)
"Pulsar is a solid option for streaming data."
#16

Kinesis

5.0
(1)
"Kinesis is reliable for real-time data processing."
#17

Pub/Sub

5.0
(1)
"Pub/Sub is effective for managing streaming data."
#18

Decodable

5.0
(1)
"Decodable is a great real-time SQL engine."
#19

DeltaStream

5.0
(1)
"DeltaStream is efficient for real-time aggregations."
#20

ksqlDB

5.0
(1)
"KsqlDB allows for real-time data processing."
#21

Pinot

5.0
(1)
"Pinot is a performant OLAP database."
#22

Druid

5.0
(1)
"Druid excels in real-time analytics."
#23

Rockset

5.0
(1)
"Rockset is great for real-time data queries."
#24

Clickhouse

5.0
(1)
"Clickhouse is highly efficient for OLAP workloads."
#25

Postgres

5.0
(1)
"Postgres can be used effectively for real-time data."
#26

MySQL

5.0
(1)
"MySQL is a reliable choice for data storage."
#27

Skynet Labs

5.0
(1)
"An easy-to-build on dev platform on top of the Siacoin storage network."
#28

Internet Computer

5.0
(1)
"An obvious project allowing people to share their computer CPU for a decentralized Web 3.0."
#29

Filecoin

5.0
(1)
"An obvious project allowing people to share their computer CPU for a decentralized Web 3.0."
#30

Arweave

5.0
(1)
"A recommended privacy-focused project."
#31

Unstoppable Domains

5.0
(1)
"A recommended consumer-focused project."
#32

Presearch

5.0
(1)
"A recommended domain project."
#33

PostgreSQL

4.0
(1)
"TimescaleDB is a solid option for time series data."
#34

Dell

4.0
(1)
"The R710 is a reliable option for running TrueNAS with ample storage."
#35

Intel

4.0
(1)
"The Intel NUC is a low-power, cost-effective solution for media libraries, capable of hardware transcoding multiple 4K streams."
#36

Apache

4.0
(1)
"Kafka is a great choice for publishing data."
#37

External SSD

4.0
(1)
"Moving cache to an external SSD causes a slowdown."
#38

Laptop

4.0
(1)
"Keeping everything for a project on the main drive speeds up performance."
#39

Desktop

4.0
(1)
"Desktop experiences about 20% slowdown when moving cache."
#40

Synology

4.0
(1)
"Synology NAS is a great off-the-shelf solution for storage needs."
#41

StableBit

4.0
(1)
"StableBit offers a unique RAID-like solution without traditional RAID drawbacks."
#42

Firebase

4.0
(1)
"Firebase is a great option for storing user profiles and collections in a CCG."
#43

Plex

4.0
(1)
"Plex allows seamless streaming of movies stored on your PC."
#44

Raspberry Pi

3.0
(1)
"You can continue with the PI but build the plex transcode cycles in another machine."
#45

External Drive

3.0
(1)
"Moving media to an external drive results in about 50% slowdown."
#46

QNAP

2.0
(1)
"Most off the shelf NAS solutions struggle to do 4k."

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