YoungBillionair@alien.topB to Data Hoarder@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 10 months ago

Backup for Personal Use

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Backup for Personal Use

YoungBillionair@alien.topB to Data Hoarder@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 10 months ago

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I am complete noob on data backup. I just want to backup my personal family pictures. Which drive should I use. HDD or SSD?

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Both. Or HDD/SSD plus cloud like Backblaze Personal or Wasabi. The main thing here is to have several backup copies. Any drive can fail unexpectedly.

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