Is the best backup solution 2x external HDDs?

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15 Nov 2021, 8:10 am

Is the best backup solution 2x external HDDs?

2x with the same data on both with the probability one will fail.

& avoiding all cloud storage.

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16 Nov 2021, 5:05 am

TB_TB_TB_TB_TB_TB wrote:

Is the best backup solution 2x external HDDs?

2x with the same data on both with the probability one will fail.

& avoiding all cloud storage.

Normally recommended setup is two local copies and a remote backup. Two drives in the same location still have a chance to be damaged or stolen at the same time. If you feel paranoid about cloud storage, you can backup encrypted disk image or encrypted FS raw data.

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16 Nov 2021, 5:13 am

I run six external backup drives with multiple flash drives as secondaries for the really important stuff.

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16 Nov 2021, 5:47 am

BTW, I, my cousin and couple our friends have Syncthing running on our computers, we store data at each others external drives as remote backups instead of paying for cloud storage.

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26 Nov 2021, 12:46 pm

smartHulk wrote:

BTW, I, my cousin and couple our friends have Syncthing running on our computers, we store data at each others external drives as remote backups instead of paying for cloud storage.

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Do you also have a remote shared drive for public access?

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