Comment on Trying to get advice for photo/files storing/syncing
hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months agoI don’t have that much data now, I usually lack storage (or computer equipments in general) so I tend to not store much. Those laptops have about 1TB storage each so that would hopefully be enough for me now. As they’re old and have ODD I can also have two drives on one, but I’m not sure if that’s needed for me now. I’d avoid external drives as they aren’t really reliable.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Externals are perfectly reliable, it’s how you manage things that matters.
I’ve had (over 30+ years of machines now) as many internal drives fail as externals - which is to say not many.
The key with externals is they lack cooling, so don’t hammer them like an internal. I have some externals that are 10+ years old. One is currently my authoritative drive as I reconfigure my setup. It sits by itself and I tacked on an old case fan to keep it cool if needed.
I’d look at your total data, consolidate it into a single drive and folder structure, and duplicate that across the drives you have, using the first one as the authoritative drive.
Then get a cloud backup like storj.io on that authoritative drive, so you get local duplication and cloud backup.