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Sorry if this is a stupid question, but if you don't access data often, why not just buy an external HDD of say 10TB or such? Yeah, it's possible that data may
by angrais 6y ago
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but if you don't access data often, why not just buy an external HDD of say 10TB or such? Yeah, it's possible that data may fail, but is quite unlikely particular if you're not using it often.
- federona 6y agoRemote storage, redundancy, and portability. At $5/mo/tb. you can still access any of it anytime you want, you just pay for what you actually download.
- gruez 6y agoshucked hard drives go for around $15/TB on sale. Buy three for redundancy and it's $45/TB. The break-even point for that setup would be 9 months.
- eru 6y agoWell, plus a lot of hassle.
- dwohnitmok 6y agoYou're also paying for spatial distance and independence. Redundant backups in the same location can all fail together. See https://youtu.be/OAI8S2houW4?t=285 https://youtu.be/OAI8S2houW4?t=285 for one amusing case.
- jhoechtl 6y agoIpfs eventually.
- secfirstmd 6y agoYeh or a cheap Synology NAS or similar. Remotely accessible, raided, simple to setup.
- dehrmann 6y agoHouse fires, power surges, theft, natural disasters.