▲ 51 ▼ What do you use to backup all your photos and documents, cloud or external drive or both? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments I never want to lose photos I've taken over the years. What's the best solution to make sure they're saved?
[–] FaelNum@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) Follow the storage rules: 3-2-1 3 or more copies 2 or more different medias 1 or more off site permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PastaGorgonzola@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago More practical: the main version is on my desktop PC. That one gets synced automatically to my NAS. This NAS makes a nightly incremental backup to a cloud provider. Once you have a setup like this, maintaining it is peanuts. Pay the bills on time and setup email alerts to let you know if drives are going bad or you're reaching your storage limits. You do need to ensure you're testing your recovery plans once in a while. A backup is worthless if you can't restore it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PastaGorgonzola@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago More practical: the main version is on my desktop PC. That one gets synced automatically to my NAS. This NAS makes a nightly incremental backup to a cloud provider. Once you have a setup like this, maintaining it is peanuts. Pay the bills on time and setup email alerts to let you know if drives are going bad or you're reaching your storage limits. You do need to ensure you're testing your recovery plans once in a while. A backup is worthless if you can't restore it permalink fedilink source parent