I need a cloud storage option for potentially 10TB of data.

[timeshifter]

They even asked if they could replace their primary internet with Starlink to which I said no.

I agree with it not being primary, but I think it's a great backup Internet. Other choices for backup Internet are wire based (which can be cut) or cellular based (which can get overcrowded, especially if there's another type of outage, everyone else will be flocking to cellular data). Starlink is a completely different path to the Internet which I think would be resilient when lines are cut and cell towers get crowded.

Last I checked you can get business grade Internet from Starlink for $65 per month, it's a low data plan, maybe 50GB, but it's priced as a secondary. You can get a dish for $200 or $1,000. I'm working with a client and we're going with the more expensive dish, because if you're going to set it up and rely on it in an emergency, saving a couple of bucks on the cheaper dish may be a regret later.

 

[thecomputerguy]

I agree with it not being primary, but I think it's a great backup Internet. Other choices for backup Internet are wire based (which can be cut) or cellular based (which can get overcrowded, especially if there's another type of outage, everyone else will be flocking to cellular data). Starlink is a completely different path to the Internet which I think would be resilient when lines are cut and cell towers get crowded.

Last I checked you can get business grade Internet from Starlink for $65 per month, it's a low data plan, maybe 50GB, but it's priced as a secondary. You can get a dish for $200 or $1,000. I'm working with a client and we're going with the more expensive dish, because if you're going to set it up and rely on it in an emergency, saving a couple of bucks on the cheaper dish may be a regret later.

Yeah I think I was avoiding that in this moment because they are an older crew of people so re-doing things is usually a difficult process even for tier 1 issues like ... whats your password, or ... they don't know how to use their authenticator etc.

That and the NAS wasn't setup for DDNS so the VPN was over the static IP and I didn't want to have to re-do the VPN for 10 people. For this company that like half a days worth of work.

Next round will be DDNS + VPN + ISP + Backup ISP

I have a UDM-SE out there so it has a backup WAN on it.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I have it as primary at plenty of locations.....since they cannot get standard fast internet. Reliability is darned good! Set it for primary! Or choose the load balancing and slide it over to 95% of the Starlink.

Yes the IP addresses of the standard packages are...CGNAT...you won't get a true public IP address with them and can't do port forwarding. But you CAN get a true public IP on some of the upper business packages if you need it for some reason. (Lately I have less and less reasons for port forwarding with clients, since on prem SBS/Exchange servers and RDGateway servers are a thing of the past).

Modern day VPN options keep it simple too with options such as Zero Tier or Tale Scale. Screw dealing with DDNS.