

Just price out S3 compatible storage and use backup software that can encrypt. Then it doesn’t matter who holds it.
Wasabi is reputable and has fair pricing. iDrive is well priced.
I’m still sending to B2 until the price actually changes for me.
I personally use Duplicati (and yes I’ve tested restores).
you can just set up containers on your bare metal server. in fact if you’re going to install insecure services you definitely want to containerize them, though tbh you need to run really far away from whatever it is you’re doing that requires sql5, or at least don’t let it be reachable on the internet, that should be network-isolated, which really limits its utility.