Locally I have a RAID 1 and backup everything to Crashplan.
I use Crashplan with family and friends, I plan on subscribing to backup to their servers for extra protection.
I also use Wuala / Google drive for photo sharing.
Never rely on hard disk. They will break. Don't rely on home solutions, you'll lose everything in case of fire, flood, lightning strikes, robbery, ...
Any home base solution has a single point of failure, it's location. So any solution with offsite backup will be better.
My suggestions :
- Buy a 2 disks NAS (Synology, Qnap, Lacie or similar), you can have 8TB on some of them. Want extra safety? Go with a 4 bay NAS in RAID10.
- Get a Crashplan yearly plan.
- Subscribe to unlimited bandwidth with your internet provider.
Any other online file sharing service will do the job but Crashplan is built for that and the price is fair.
And whatever solution you choose, the most important thing is, TEST IT.
Do a simple recovery test once in a while.
Setup alerts or reminder to look at your backup.
Never rely on hard disk. They will break. Don't rely on home solutions, you'll lose everything in case of fire, flood, lightning strikes, robbery, ...
Any home base solution has a single point of failure, it's location. So any solution with offsite backup will be better.
My suggestions :
- Buy a 2 disks NAS (Synology, Qnap, Lacie or similar), you can have 8TB on some of them. Want extra safety? Go with a 4 bay NAS in RAID10.
- Get a Crashplan yearly plan.
- Subscribe to unlimited bandwidth with your internet provider.
Any other online file sharing service will do the job but Crashplan is built for that and the price is fair.
And whatever solution you choose, the most important thing is, TEST IT. Do a simple recovery test once in a while. Setup alerts or reminder to look at your backup.