datahoarder
Who are we?
We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.
We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.
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I think the days of unlimited backups are coming to a close. I don't know of any truly unlimited storage anymore.
At that size do you have and friends or family you could just use as an off site backup? It would be a high upfront cost for buying the drives and hardware but should be much cheaper overall. If that is something your looking for.
Or even a safety deposit box for an offline/offsite backup.
@Catsrules
Agreed with this one really. "3 copies of your data, in 2 physical locations, equals 1 backup" has been my thing for a long time.
I used to just keep my third copy one a drive in my desk at the office, but I've been full remote for years now.
Thanks for the reminder, I need to see if I can convince my folks to host a NAS in their hobby room or something.
@Deniable1477