A cheap backup scheme: Buy the hardware to make a lightweight backup server. Make backups work with it. Take it to your friend's place along with a bottle of

A cheap backup scheme: Buy the hardware to make a lightweight backup server. Make backups work with it. Take it to your friend's place along with a bottle of scotch, plug it in, and then: Use it. Disaster recovery is easy: Just drive over there. Redundancy is easy: Build two, and leave them in different places. None of this needs to happen on rented hardware in The Clown.