What SOHO solutions exist for long-term data storage (archives/backups)?

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pyatigil2012-08-12 14:42:24

Backup

pyatigil, 2012-08-12 14:42:24

I am studying how to organize long-term storage of an average amount of data in order to have a backup of my photos / videos in original quality.
Requirements:
* Backup size 100-200 GB
* Guaranteed storage period of 5 years
* Backup will be updated rarely - maybe once every six months
I already use www.mozy.com and drive.google.com for permanent backup. My volumes (225 GB) cost me about $150/year. (For this money, in principle, one could get anlim from www.carbonite.com , but somehow I found it too late).
Now I would like to have an offline backup. Options, as I have found so far:
* ssd - there is little data on shelf life, but the general opinion is that they can be discharged
* hdd - projected shelf life of about 5 years, strongly depends on the electromagnetic field around
* tape - about 30 years, but quite expensive + changes in standards make 30 years meaningless
* cd / dvd / bd - standard discs do not live very long. You can try www.delkin.com or www.millenniata.com but there are no guarantees
. I like hdd the most. But I want to spread straws. I do not want to use raid, because the disk is supposed to be stored on the shelf in the off state. Probably there are raid boxes that connect to a computer? But I would probably have enough of some kind of file system that provides duplication of data within a single disk.
Does it happen? Are there any other considerations for offline backups?

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Vampiro, 2012-08-12
@Vampiro

hdd+archiving with redundancy is enough. If you are worried, make 2 hdd, and take the second one somewhere far away from home.

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Vladimir Dubrovin, 2012-08-12
@z3apa3a

Use an inexpensive NAS (network storage) with a couple of disks and support for RAID, prices (without the cost of disks) are about $100-200, software is usually included.

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reff, 2012-08-12
@reff

You can use the first and second points and store data on the HDD and SSD at the same time.

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Puma Thailand, 2012-08-12
@opium

use an external backup service for windows
using backblaze.com
costs 5 bucks a month.

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Mikhail Lyalin, 2012-08-13
@mr_jok

external HDD/NAS on 2 or more disks