Subj : Re: BBSes with interesting files collections
To   : Spectre
From : Adept
Date : Fri Oct 27 2023 01:49 pm

 Sp> Chuckle.. I used to do backups until the tape drive decided it had had
 Sp> enough and would persistantly unspool tapes. After that all bets were
 Sp> off. I had to many drives with to much data to back up effectively.

I remember when I used to make backups onto CD-Rs or DVD-Rs. And probably still have some of them stashed away at my brother's place.

But now, the idea of backing things up 4GB at a time is... horrifying, even if that's plenty for certain subsets of data.

But I went to using external drives a long while ago. And then do things like leave one at my brother's place or mom's place.

Bit harder when I don't see them very often. So, at this point it's a backup to my only-available-on-the-local-network media server, and a shared folder that syncs between my laptop and desktop. The former being for dealing with stupid April errors (meaning I delete something I shouldn't have), and the latter being both for convenience and so that data loss is minimal if I lose a hard drive.

None of these things help in the case of a fire that destroys everything, though, but I think that's half the reason I keep using Google Photos.

That said, I should probably back up my BBS again, but in the sense of getting a not-on-the-server backup.

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