PGen98 Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Do you guys backup or replicate your data to make sure it's safe and sound? I used to back up just to my external drive and that was it; however, I recently built and setup a NAS device, so now I backup to my external, and have that backup weekly to my NAS, I then also zip up and send a copy of the backup to an offsite backup location, as well so I have my data saved in triplicate just in case. Safety first! How do you guys tend to your data/games/etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 If you don't care about restoring previous file versions or restoring deleted files, replication/sync is better than nothing. I sync my data to local drive as well as BackBlaze cloud. Traditional backup has versioning allowing you to restore to a point in time. SnapRAID might be worth looking into as well, if your data grows to the point that you can't afford a 1:1 backup. It's not the ideal backup model, but at a certain point it's not practical or affordable otherwise. For my purposes it's just what I needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I have an external SSD that I currently backup my data on plus I also have Sync cloud service that I also use to back up selected files as well so that I can always have my files on demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Some of the time taking the document data backup to multiple places makes sense. I am thinking of things from that context for now. In near future I hope to see NAS is one possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 9 hours ago, skyfire said: Some of the time taking the document data backup to multiple places makes sense. I am thinking of things from that context for now. In near future I hope to see NAS is one possibility. Yeah - it allows me to have access to my most important data at all times even if one service is down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Yeah thinking of working on the NAS. I am going to implement the same sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 21 hours ago, skyfire said: Yeah thinking of working on the NAS. I am going to implement the same sooner or later. Yeah - it's a priority if you want to backup your most precious data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Yes this way I can also get rid of the external drives and have everything in one place too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syntax Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 If it’s anything critical then yes I back it up to the cloud. Otherwise a vast majority of my stuff I can live without so it’s not a problem if my hard drive were to die for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 As of now the google drive and the dropbox have enough free limits but who knows some day I may end up reaching those limits and end up getting into those problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 I do the both, I back up my data especially essential files like documents and also duplicate then in case their is any lingering when I forget the back up password. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I had my google drive nearly getting closer. so I make sure to maybe in near future go for the paid plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egghead Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I back up my laptop data on external hard disk as well as cloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 These days I am taking the security seriously. I also hope to backup most of my data very carefully and also going to be saving for some external backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 14 hours ago, skyfire said: These days I am taking the security seriously. I also hope to backup most of my data very carefully and also going to be saving for some external backup. I back information that is attached to my finance, saving passwords via my personal email account is always an option for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
