Hey folks, being the family IT man I’ve held onto all of my families photos/videos over the last 20 years

I’ve been pretty careless with the backups and I know if I don’t do anything it’s only a matter of time before I lose them

Although I’ve never used them, tape drives seem to be the best so I thought I’d ask here if anyone uses them for their homelab?

It might be overkill for a few GB of photos but I’d also use the tape drives for data hoarding purposes so it’s a win win in my book

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    Great question! If it’s only a few GB I wouldn’t bother with tape. There are other options like

    • Google Photos - I’ve been using it for 10+ years without filling up the free 10 or 15 GB, whatever it is.
    • Burning a bunch of DVDs, repeat every 5 years.
    • Get a couple cheap hard drives then replace 1 of them every 3-5 years so one is always fairly new.