Hello, so, I have been self-hosting some basic stuff recently, including data storage so i don't have to rely on external services like google drive.

It's working fine, but I wondered what would be the best backup solutions in case something unexpected and unfortunate happens (accidentally wipe out everything, drives dying, electrical issues, house burning down, that sort of thing).

I was wondering if more experienced self-hosters had recommendations about that ?

Maybe storing a physical drive in an especially sturdy box ? Perhaps using distant cold storage solutions ? Or even something I have never heard of ?

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[–] 6 points 10 months ago

i spose...

my anecdote;

ive been runnin drives like this for 30 years. ive literally never had a cold storage drive go bad out of the case.. mostly because their hourly use rate is kept so incredibly low. even back in the day of very unreliable drives..

they even retain their data better than modern ssds

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