The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/babyshinj1 on 2024-12-29 18:08:40.

Hey guys!

I just stumbled upon this subreddit and was pleasantly surprised to find a community of people like me who love storing data!

I was once a victim of the cloud’s “easy” way of storing data—until I realized how pointless and unreliable it can be. I’m paying €10 a month for 2TB! Pretty good, right? Until you consider that if I stop paying, all my data could disappear.

My main storage needs include iCloud backups (for my phone and Mac), some documents, and a huge collection of photos taken with my vintage digital camera. Ideally, I’d like to access these files from anywhere so I can share them with others. But that’s not really the main goal—I just want a reliable and comfortable way to store all my documents!

I’m thinking of setting up a double archive system with copies of my data on two different formats.

1 SSD and 1 HDD with the same format, what do you think?