Modern file backup options: cloud? / HD?

[russ_watters]

Exactly my thoughts. I thought I had made it clear. I am not looking for a business-grade solution, just a home-grade solution. So, no RAIDS, etc.

I'll make one-time purchases of maybe a couple hundred $$.

Well, I wouldn't say RAID is beyond "home-grade". I use a Western Digital McCloud network drive. It has RAID and is specifically targeted toward home users.

But also on V50's prompt, I bought a new USB drive, copied the backup to it and took it to work.

 

[DaveC426913]

Well, I wouldn't say RAID is beyond "home-grade".

I guess things have progressed, and my experience has not.
Last time I saw a RAID, it was on a server rack, in a server room.

 

[russ_watters]

I guess things have progressed, and my experience has not.
Last time I saw a RAID, it was on a server rack, in a server room.

Well, I don't know how many decades out of date that is, but I'd guess at least 2. I've run it iternal in PCs for at least 15yrs and I know I wasn't a trailblazer. Here's what the NAS looks like though:

https://shop.westerndigital.com/solutions/raid

 

[Vanadium 50]

You can pop two drives in a desktop almost as easy as one. RAIDing them is much easier than in the past. It's not really for servers-only any more.

 

[DaveC426913]

Well, I don't know how many decades out of date that is, but I'd guess at least 2.

Seems about right. Been a long time since I've worked at a shop where servers are local.
Megacorps like banks prefer off-planet sites or farther.

 

[Vanadium 50]

Western Digital McCloud

Does it have Dennis Weaver riding a horse through the streets of NYC?

 

[vela]

I'll note that the Synology I got is likely overkill for your needs. To be honest, I got it because I just wanted to play with it. My rationalization was that it would be good for backups.

 

[russ_watters]

Does it have Dennis Weaver riding a horse through the streets of NYC?

Oops. MyCloud. Not MacLeod either.

 

[Vanadium 50]

Not MacLeod either.

Captain of the Love Boat? Head newswriter for WJM?

 

[Vanadium 50]

By the way, although RAID has advantages, and may even be appropriate in this case, RAID is not backup. RAID will protect you from a disk failure, but not user failure: If you type "rm -rf /", RAID won't help.