Self-Hosted S3, Media & Backup Blueprints (2026) — EgressZero
Index of 8 EgressZero self-hosted blueprints covering MinIO S3, Immich, Nextcloud, HLS VOD origins, OCI mirrors, and ZFS Postgres backups.
Every EgressZero dispatch below includes capacity-matched server sizing, config snippets, and pre-loaded TCO equations.
Published EgressZero Architecture Blueprints (8 Dossiers)
Self-Hosted MinIO S3 Object Storage: EgressZero AWS S3 Repatriation Dossier
EgressZero models how self-hosted MinIO S3 on XFS/ZFS fixed-pipe servers cuts AWS S3 $0.09/GB outbound egress and PUT/GET fees by 88%.
Immich Self-Hosted Photo & RAW Vault: EgressZero TCO vs Consumer Cloud & S3
EgressZero calculates vCPU, 8 GB RAM CLIP requirements, and $6/TB ZFS storage for Immich photo libraries without SaaS sync throttling.
Nextcloud Hub Team Drive Sizing: EgressZero Per-Seat SaaS & Bandwidth Escape
EgressZero models replacing $18/seat/mo SaaS drives and S3 sync egress with Redis-tuned Nextcloud Hub on 16 TB–32 TB NVMe KVM VPS.
Unmetered Video VOD & HLS Origin: EgressZero CloudFront & Mux Cost Shield
EgressZero models serving 25 TB to 100 TB/mo of HLS/MP4 video segments on unmetered 1Gbps–10Gbps NGINX slice-cached origins.
Restic & Borg Append-Only Backup Vault: EgressZero Glacier & Archive Penalty Audit
EgressZero audits AWS Glacier 90–180 day deletion penalties and $90–$120/TB restore taxes against $6/TB Restic & Borg append-only vaults.
Private Harbor OCI Registry & CI Mirror: EgressZero AWS ECR & NAT Gateway Audit
EgressZero calculates how hosting Harbor or CNCF distribution on a 32 TB NVMe VPS eliminates $0.09/GB ECR egress and $0.045/GB NAT fees.
Podcast, Audio & Static Asset Origin: EgressZero Audit of $0.15/GB Vercel Overages
EgressZero shows how offloading MP3 feeds, binaries, and hero MP4s from Vercel/Netlify cuts $1,300+ overage bills to under $11/mo.
PostgreSQL Continuous pgBackRest & ZFS Archive: EgressZero Cross-Cloud PITR Dossier
EgressZero models shipping Zstd-compressed PostgreSQL 17 WAL streams to $6/TB ZFS slices to avoid $0.095/GB RDS backup overages.
| Infrastructure Provider (EgressZero Ledger) | Published Storage Rate | Outbound Bandwidth Pool & Overage | Capacity Verification |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS S3 + CloudFront (Metered Baseline) | $23.55 / TB / mo | $85.00 – $90.00 / TB past 100 GB | Metered Utility |
| InterServer Storage Slices & Dedicated | $6.00 / TB / mo (Price-Lock) | 2 TB – 150 TB / 10Gbps Unmetered ($0/GB overage) | Inspect InterServer via EgressZero ↗ |
| UltaHost Unmetered NVMe VDS | From $37.50 / mo (400 GB – 8 TB+) | 1Gbps – 10Gbps Unmetered ($0.00 / GB) | Inspect UltaHost via EgressZero ↗ |
| Hostinger KVM NVMe VPS (KVM 1 – KVM 8) | $4.99 – $19.99 / mo (AMD EPYC NVMe) | 4 TB – 32 TB / mo bundled ($0 card overage) | Inspect Hostinger VPS via EgressZero ↗ |
| Vultr Cloud Compute & S3 Object Pool | $18.00 / TB Object + NVMe Block | 2 TB – 15 TB global pool ($10/TB overage) | Claim $300 Vultr via EgressZero ↗ |
| ChemiCloud LiteSpeed NVMe Edge | $2.95 – $5.45 / mo (20–40 GB NVMe) | Unmetered HTTP/3 Static & Podcast Pipe ($0/GB) | Inspect ChemiCloud via EgressZero ↗ |