Top products from r/Backup
We found 2 product mentions on r/Backup. We ranked the 2 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. Kingston Digital DataTraveler SE9 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive (DTSE9H/32GBZET)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Convenient small, capless, and pocket sized for easy transportabilityDurable metal casing with sturdy ringSupports Windows 7, Vista, XP and Mac
Show Reddit reviews2. Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8TB External Hard Drive Desktop HDD – USB 3.0, 2 USB Ports, for Computer Desktop Workstation PC Laptop, 2 Months Adobe CC Photography (STEL8000100)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Store and access content for years with up to 14TB in a USB driveA great external hard drive for Mac and Windows, this hub can charge mobile devices and transfer files from USB cameras and USB thumb drives via its two USB 3.0 portsUse seamlessly between Windows and Mac by installing the provided NTF...
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I agree about tape being cheap, but it's not much cheaper than a modern external USB HDD nowadays. Now if you have a library (old dell TL2000 or 132T's) it's pretty fun to script the library control stuff.
I setup a SSH RSYNC process before i used CRASHPLAN to an old LINUX box at my dad's house. Provided remote replication that was active all the time. that was a fun project for me. Maybe something similar could be your next adventure. Rasperry Pi3's are plenty beefy to serve as a LINUX NAS/RSYNC destination. And they are super-cheap.
Data protection is a thankless skill/profession, i'll tell you. I'm happy to see someone taking an interest. My field of expertise is a lonely one. :) Good Luck!
You'd be surprised at how inexpensive a lot of USB's are. I have around 7 of these guys laying around. For the price and storage capactiy it's a nice middle ground but I get ya.
I would say for now this works though, but in the future you can work up to the 3-2-1 rule and you'd be fine. Honestly most times you will use your first backup and it will work but with viruses and the sort nowadays it's easy for a lot of images to get corrupted which sucks!