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Keep it simple. No raid or weird filesystems, no special NAS computers, no encryption, no remote services. I stuff every computer I assemble with hard drives until it can support no more then mirror important data from every computer to every other computer with rsync.

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But, are all those computers in the same location? Just one fire away from losing everything? I have all my photos and videos on local storage, but it is all mirrored to a secure cloud storage service that costs hardly anything. I’ve pulled the backups from that cloud service (you can’t access the files directly) to make sure it works properly.

I'm really curious to learn which cloud service that you use which "costs hardly anything". Would you kindly share?

Crashplan.

I’ve also heard good things about Backblaze.

Thanks for sharing! I don't know why i thought crashplan went out of business (i guess i must be thinking of another provider). Now, looking at their pricing, its really great! Thanks again!

Well… they used to provide services for individuals, but then they decided to drop that and only support businesses. Since I was under a multi year contract, they moved me over to a small business account and they have let me stay there ever since.

> a secure cloud storage service that costs hardly anything

Which is...?

Crashplan

I’ve also heard good things about Backblaze.

caveman-edition ceph

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