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Techies, what's your personal data storage setup (photos, music, movies, docs) and what do you recommend everyone should be using? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Most people realize too late that they didn't have backups of their data or don't realize they can easily setup their own media servers at home. What do you use and suggest? Everything from beginner tech knowledge to advance. TIA

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[–] simple@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Personally I never reached a point where I had to use any kind of storage software. All you need is a good external storage and a little bit of organization.

If anyone is serious about data storage I would honestly choose external SSDs or an enclosure that supports SSDs. I've had terrible experiences with hard drives failing over the years or clicking and corrupting my data.

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub -1 points 1 month ago

Where do you put your SSDs, though? If it's not off-site, it's not a backup.