Modern file backup options: cloud? / HD?

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DaveC426913 said:
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.
 
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russ_watters said:
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.
 
DaveC426913 said:
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Well, I don't know how many decades out of date that is, but I'd guess at least 2.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
 
russ_watters said:
Well, I don't know how many decades out of date that is, but I'd guess at least 2.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.
 
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.
 
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