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Your house is burning down. You can only save one thing, what do you save? (programming.dev)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

My computer, a lot of files on there I don't want to lose. I have them backed up to other hard drives, but in the same computer. So I need to save the computer.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Dude. A backup in the same computer is not a "backup". You should have a separate network attached storage (nas) and a script like syncthing backing up to a different hard drive (the nas). If you don't want to do it yourself, you can buy a all in one device that has the software and hard drive all in one.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    If you are not saving things to a remote location, you will lose all your shit in a flood or fire. Remote storage has gotten cheap enough to make it practical.

    Hetzner storage boxes cost 3.8€/month for 1TB, which is more than enough for the important things people have.

    Backblaze is 70$/year for unlimited data.

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