Comment on What do people use for a shelf-stable backup
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Tape. Amazon glacier if you’re okay with that.
And regular test restores. An untested backup is not a backup.
But when considering what I need to back up, I usually overestimate how much I or other people will care if it’s lost. Family photos are great, but what are the odds of someone saying "damn I wish we still had two dozen photos of that one barbecue?*
I have cloud with B2, I’m looking for cupboard storage that a random family member can pull out and browse through after I get put in a resthome (only half joking).
In terms of what to backup, I’m running on the assumption that technology will be able to autofilter the good stuff at some point, no need to put much effort in now haha.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 weeks ago
I use tape but haven’t been happy with my drive for a while, where do you get your drives? (Also OP I wouldn’t recommend tape until you cross the 10TB mark personally)
Dave@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
Yeah after looking at the price of a drive, I agree it doesn’t seem necessary at the level of data I have.
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I don’t personally use tape, but I get most of my stuff from eBay. Tape drives are surprising expensive, even LTO-6 is going to run you a few hundred. But you still can’t beat the density and longevity.