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NAS, CLOUD OR A DRAWER OF DRIVES: WHAT WOULD YOU TRUST WITH YOUR MEMORIES?

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Accepted solution by Pia D. — Keep the off site copy disconnected when not in use. A drive that is always plugged in can be encrypted by ransomware along with…
  1. Yara Olsen
    @yolsen

    im literally losing my mind here my mom handed me a box of hard drives and said this is everything. its thousands of RAW files. I want to set up something that will still be readable in twenty years and that protects against a cloud account getting locked. is a cloud subscription a good start, or is that just one more thing that can fail? 😭 simple and boring is fine with me, as long as it actually works. seriously need help here 😭

    facepalm

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  2. Elena C.
    @night_fiddler

    Follow teh 3-2-1 rule: three copies of your data, on two different types of storage, with one copy off-site. A NAS at home plus a cloud backup plus an external drive at a relative's house covers almost every disaster.

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  4. Yuki Castillo
    @ycastillo

    yeahhh test a restore. Pick a radnom folder once or twice a year and restore it somewhere else. A backup you have never restored from is a hope, not a plan. good luck man!

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  5. Pia D.
    @piad258
    in reply to @ycastillo

    hmmmm quick q is storage even worth bothering with or should i just leave it... i swear account is cursed

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  6. Elena C.
    @night_fiddler
    in reply to @piad258

    hmmm for long term readability, keep photos in common formats like JPEG and keep the originals of RAW files alongside exports. avoid locking teh only copy into one apps library format. hope that helps :)

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  7. Pia D.
    @piad258

    is storage even worth bothering with or should i just leave it ?

    4 1 helpful
  8. Pia D.
    @piad258
    in reply to @piad258

    lol same thing happened to me RAID or a mirrored NAS is not a backup. It protects against one drive dying, not against deletion, ransomware or a fire ;) You still need a separate copy somewhere else. lmk how it goes

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  9. Joon S.
    @latetinker

    yeahhh use versioned backups, not just syncing. A sync copies your misatkes too. tools like File History, Time Machine or a NAS snapshot feature let u go back to how a folder looked last month. lmk how it goes

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  11. Elena C.
    @night_fiddler

    btw page 1 lets gooo. is nas even worth bothering with or should i just leave it :)

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  12. Joon S.
    @latetinker

    following, having teh same problem

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  13. Pia D.
    @piad258
    Accepted solution

    Keep the off-site copy disconnected when not in use. A drive that is always plugged in can be encrypted by ransomware along with everything else. fingers crossed 🤞

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  14. Sami Adler
    @sami.adler

    hmmm same issue here on my office machine. no idea whats going on. my laptop is officially haunted

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  16. Pia D.
    @piad258

    help!! my gaming rig is officially haunted what am i doing wrong??

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  20. Sami Adler
    @sami.adler

    help!! told my boss it would take 10 minutes... its been all weekend

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