Do you trust completely, your data is safe on cloud ?

[Futureized]

After all cloud is nothing but, storing your data on someone else's computer.
Do you rely on this backup medium completely?

What is your current backup strategy?

To begin:
1. I have all my data on a 2tb ssd always connected to main PC.
2. Important DATA on cloud
3. Planning to add 3rd option, but not very expensive (like external hdd, plug n play when required)

 

[harixh]

Relying on a single physical device isn't safe-you need a backup of your backup. An encrypted online drive ensures lifetime accessibility and protection against failures.

My strategy is simple. 1 ssd and always online backup whenever possible.

 

[Aaron Ventur]

Cloud is not your friend, it's just someone's computer. The secure way is to store your data on local devices.

 

[k660]

Do you rely on this backup medium completely?

i do rely on them but not completely. they can delete your data at given moment without any notice either.

What is your current backup strategy?

- wayback machine
- encrypted zip file , cloud
- another hdd but it's ext4 type instead of ntfs
- a clusterfuck, immoral way i wont specify here
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[whizzkid]

Also highly recommend kopia to anyone looking for a backup solution. Cross platform and supports de-duplication. It does encrypted backups as well which makes it great. I just created a mount using rclone to backup my most of the important items

 

[bssunilreddy]

After all cloud is nothing but, storing your data on someone else's computer.
Do you rely on this backup medium completely?

What is your current backup strategy?

To begin:
1. I have all my data on a 2tb ssd always connected to main PC.
2. Important DATA on cloud
3. Planning to add 3rd option, but not very expensive (like external hdd, plug n play when required)

I saved all family photos & Videos in Google Photos and data in Google Drive. All invoices that I have regarding in house all appliances & PC parts are saved a personal folder in GMail. Seems to be that I need to extend my Google One storage to 100GB now.
But I clear & clean my phone storage every month so that unnecessary photos & videos dont get uploaded to Google One storage.
I have a backup USB pen drive of all photos & videos but I fear that it might get corrupted after some time. All my 5-6 years old pen drives arent working now and sometimes does not even get detected. Thats why Cloud Storage is the way to go I think.

 

[TEUser2K1]

Seems to be that I need to extend my Google One storage to 100GB now.

How are services like pcloud for requirements like this since it provides lifetime option on single payment ?

 

[whizzkid]

I saved all family photos & Videos in Google Photos and data in Google Drive. All invoices that I have regarding in house all appliances & PC parts are saved a personal folder in GMail. Seems to be that I need to extend my Google One storage to 100GB now.
But I clear & clean my phone storage every month so that unnecessary photos & videos dont get uploaded to Google One storage.
I have a backup USB pen drive of all photos & videos but I fear that it might get corrupted after some time. All my 5-6 years old pen drives arent working now and sometimes does not even get detected. Thats why Cloud Storage is the way to go I think.

If u don't mind paid alternatives then something like Backblaze or Hetzner are amazing. I've used Hetzner storage boxes in the past and they work quite well with Rclone and other protocols.