im planning to buy an old PC turned file server for my late grandmothers scanned albums. before I spend money, I want to sanity check the plan with peolpe whove done this... what do you do, and what disasters have you seen happen to ppl who thought they were safe? 馃槄 im not trying to build a data center, I just want my familys memories to outlive any single device in my house. simple suggestions are very welcome. any ideas??
where should my late grandmothers scanned albums live? is an old pc turned file server enough?
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Jump to the replyok so 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. good luck man!
do you already pay for any cloud storage, like through a phone or email account? ?
following, having the same problem. wait does this also apply to albums?
ok so i already pay for a small cloud plan through my phone, but it's nowhere near big enough for my late grandmother's scanned albums.
@shaderrider did my first test restore and it actually worked. weirdly emotional seeing those old photos come back from the cloud. cant believe it was that simple lol
When did you stop waiting for the perfect GPU moment?
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