I've always run my own backup systems, from 150Mb QIC tape days. It became a habit to keep critical things to the minimum to reduce the number of tapes required

I've always run my own backup systems, from 150Mb QIC tape days. It became a habit to keep critical things to the minimum to reduce the number of tapes required. As for photos, I print maybe 1 out of 100 and don't bother with the rest.