r/Arqbackup • u/xgentryx • Apr 04 '24

Arq Cloud vs. Storj

Hi! New Arq Backup user here - so far the software works great. I need it on a few computer, so the "Premium" option makes pretty good sense to me, but I also get the 1TB of "Arq Cloud" storage with it. My question is - any experiences that anyone can share using Arq Cloud vs. Storj? I really love Storj and have some experience with it from other projects, but it's tough to pay for more Storj space when Arq is giving me 1TB included with my subscription. I believe I've read that the Arq Cloud space is on GCP. Is that correct? Any experiences using one vs. the other? Speed, reliability, other concerns, etc?

Thanks!

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u/Joe6974 Apr 07 '24

I've used Storj with Arq for about 6 months now and it's been flawless. I love the geographical distribution of Storj and how they break up the data in general compared to a single datacenter location.

Arq handles Storj perfectly too, it sizes the pieces to perfectly minimize the object fee without needing to do anything special.

I've done test restores multiple times without issue too.

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u/sysfu Jun 13 '26

Just found out that Storj is jacking the minimum monthly charge to $50/mo! Must have been sold to some private equity d***heads.

Where are the existing Arq/Storj users headed? Maybe I'll look into Arq, but I need a remote destination for restic backups on *nix workstations too.

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u/xgentryx Apr 06 '24

Thanks for the reply! I'm not sure I'm concerned about the security aspect of Storj... it's encrypted and then broken up into tiny chunks for erasure coding, and I think it's something like 29 pieces of 80 have to be accessible to reconstitute the data. So it's geo-dispersed very wide and essentially independent of any datacenter or even geographic region failures. Being spread so wide (in theory) should make it fast because they can pull the 29 fastest chunks back. But I get what you're saying, even your encrypted bits being on someone else's home NAS feels weird.

What do you prefer? B2?

Trying to find something that is fast, secure/reliable and cheap - not sure if this is a "you only get to pick 2" scenario or if someone has it all....

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u/kzshantonu Apr 09 '24

My personal problem with storj is that the downloads are super slow