The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/aframe9999 on 2024-12-24 17:21:17.

I know just enough to be dangerous. So I want to keep things simple and noob-friendly. But I’m specing a new PC after 7 years and am looking for the current best practice for PC data backup.

I have approx 20Tb of data across 3 drives (professional photographer) and currently have 3 backup internal sata drives syncing data from the the 3 main drives using FreeFileSync. I essentially use FFS as my shut down button, so things get sync’d regularly. I also run crashplan as my cloud based backup.

I may add another 4Tb drive in the future.

Is there any reason to change what I’m currently doing on my new rig? Is there a better way? One huge backup sata drive vs 3 or 4 internal satas? Or a giant external usb drive? I will have two open sata ports and can add more via pcie.

Thanks for the insight!

Edit- tons of typos