They can upload them to a decentralised private cloud.
IPFS is not the best option IMO because it requires ongoing payments. But Autonomi requires only a one off payment and is encrypted.
My blog explains how this works for publishing websites using Autonomi Dweb, but websites are just files and the process for raw files is similar. But using Dweb you can provide a UI for downloads as a website if needed.
See: https://toast.happybeing.com
Hope that's of interest!
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@happyborg @dalai @jwildeboer I'd not trust any "one time purchase" cloud storage because that model is unsustainable by virtue of recurring costs!
If one's already holding classes for #IT, it's either feasible to organize some (quota'd!) storage (i.e. #SSH access to a server) or expect the class members to have i.e. some cheap external HDD for that.
I don't expect them to backup several terabytes of data and if they need to, then there should certainly be budget for either S3 block storage and a cheap VPS or a "Storage VPS"…
Not to mention there's need to not just backup files, but databases.
- #IPFS is IMHO not great for #Backups, but merely a tool to distribute large files across multiple nodes (similar to #BitTorrent #MagnetLinks).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent