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What do people use for a shelf-stable backup (lemmy.nz)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have backups on a backup hard drive and also synced to B2, but I am thinking about backing up to some format to put in the cupboard.

The issue I see is that if I don't have a catastrophic failure and instead just accidentally delete some files one day while organising and don't realise, at some point the oldest backup state is removed and the files are gone.

The other thing is if I get hit by a bus and no one can work out how to decrypt a backup or whatever.

So I'm thinking of a plain old unencrypted copy of photos etc that anyone could find and use. Bonus points if I can just do a new CD or whatever each year with additions.

I have about 700GB of photos and videos which is the main content I'm concerned about. Do people use DVDs for this or is there something bigger? I am adding 60GB or more each year, would be nice to do one annual addition or something like that.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah that's an idea. It does seem like I'd need a lot of disks though. And I don't actually have a disk reader or writer at all at the moment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Wrong post, ignore this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Like this? https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/DVWVER4618789/Verbatim-43888-External-Slim-Bluray-Writer-Ultra-H

That's NZD by the way, conversion rates are terrible at the moment so about halve it for USD, seems in the price range you said.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah, a Kiwi. Say hello to your sheep's from me. (Sorry,former WA resident here, couldn't resist)

But yeah, we are using exactly that model - and it's currently only 20 NZD less from what I pay wholesale in Europe for it. So it seems like a pretty decent price.

The drive itself is solid. We currently have around 10, maybe 15, at our clients and it works without any hassle.

I personally recommend to store the disk's offsite(I store them in a locked box in a bank vault) and some of my clients choose to store another drive there to be extra safe,but I personally don't see the point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

🐑

Sweet, thanks, I think that's a good plan. I am thinking duplicate disks, one on site one off site. I do have a cloud backup, but if I die in a house fire then having the offsite disks is a much better solution than the random B2 bucket.

Thanks for the help 🙂

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that's sounds solid. Just make sure your next of kin know where to look and that there is something to look for.