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Every. single. IT-Guy told me (a normie) to store my data in the cloud.

I told them I have trust issues and like to have my data stored in a local raid system. They looked grossed out and told me, I’ll learn when my home burns down.

Tbh I understand that point, but that does not help to find trust in third party data storage.

Any tip how to safely store the backup without a cloud?

dantzler 5mo ago

I run a TrueNAS instance w/ 6X 6TB HDDs in RAID-Z3. Not the most efficient, but I'm running the drives until they fail.

For backup, I keep several spare drives around and use one of them to back up critical data like my genome, books, music, movies & personal files.

Your post reminds me I need to pull the server and replace a drive that is on its last legs. I use SMART to monitor the health of the drives. This server has been running continuously since 2017. My server is similar to the one described here:

https://ramsdenj.com/posts/2016-01-01-freenas-server-build/

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WiseRauru 5mo ago

Many thanks, the RAID is set up as external unit, the main data comes from different devices.

The clue to have a health check is good, I would’ve run them till one of 5 drives fail and replace it with a new one.