> Blu-ray burners have gotten cheap and the disks hold 25GB on a single layer disk or 50GB for a double layer disk. Not a bad choice if you want something more durable than a HDD and prefer to keep your data backups closer to home.
I've not followed recordable media developments since I ditched DVDs for the cloud a few years ago. I'm surprised at the capacities now available.
With regard to keeping backups close to home, I agree that a local strategy is part of any good backup plan. For me a hard disk works fine, and since the process is automated I don't have to mess around with feeding disks into a burner. The cloud is the offsite component of my approach. The process is automated, so the only reminder I get that it's happening is the monthly bill (around $10).
Thumb drives come as big as 256gb and many are moving to 3.0 usb for faster transfer speeds.
I have a 128gb that I got for $65 that has been very helpful.
I backup regularly to a 1TB dual mirrored drive file server on my network.
My point is that all of my backups are local. No cloud and no offsite backup.
I also don't pay flood insurance or earthquake insurance 🙂
> You can afford to lose 6 months of work?
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> Why not just use 3 hard drives and rotate them every week or so? Hard drives are cheap.
So what happens if you were robbed, or your place burnt down?
Stat again from scratch I guess.
