I mean, cloud is more of an offsite backup solution.
Of course, the hardware you control is better, but fires are quite common, one fire and poof, your data is gome, and most people aren’t rich and don’t have second homes to set up a server in, nor do they have a friend willing to let them set up a server in their house. So cloud it is… 🤷♂️
I know a few people who have a HDD exchange going. A couple of times a year they drop off a HDD with their current backup at a friends house, then take the old one home to use next time.
It offline, so it can’t be accessed easily but its also protected from device failure,power surges, etc.
Its no good as a daily backup but its fine for static data e.g. videos of the kids as they were growing up.
If its just a HDD in a static proof bag it doesn’t take much room and can be stored easily.
Its got issues but it does offer a cheep offsite backup
I mean, cloud is more of an offsite backup solution.
Of course, the hardware you control is better, but fires are quite common, one fire and poof, your data is gome, and most people aren’t rich and don’t have second homes to set up a server in, nor do they have a friend willing to let them set up a server in their house. So cloud it is… 🤷♂️
I know a few people who have a HDD exchange going. A couple of times a year they drop off a HDD with their current backup at a friends house, then take the old one home to use next time.
It offline, so it can’t be accessed easily but its also protected from device failure,power surges, etc.
Its no good as a daily backup but its fine for static data e.g. videos of the kids as they were growing up.
If its just a HDD in a static proof bag it doesn’t take much room and can be stored easily.
Its got issues but it does offer a cheep offsite backup