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Ahh , I see , i still have no clue ๐ . But at least the acronyms are kind of giving me an idea. Thanks !
So these are not like a physical 1 terabyte external storage thingy that I've seen on ebay etc.? Would one of those external drives work for backing up physical media collections, or are they a bad idea? Is that considered NAS?
I'm sorry I don't understand any of this stuff , I really should. I will check out the RAID wiki !
Removable storage isn't NAS, it's just good ol' storage, but a valid backup option nonetheless.
Removable HDDs and SSDs tend to be less reliable than their internal counterparts, I don't know to what degree, but if you make backups reasonably frequently, your OS will PROBABLY detect failures and point them out.
If you have extremely important data (like $9B worth of Bitcoin or something) you would need:
Speaking of encryption: do NOT store unencrypted sensitive data on removable storage.
Things like .kdbx files from KeePass should be fine, the application takes care of encryption for you, otherwise you should look for ways to encrypt each file or the storage device itself.
I personally have one 2TB external HDD and a RAID0 pair of 1TB HDDs, which I don't use exclusively as backup, and if an airplane crashes on my house then gg bb; cloud storage solutions are way more reliable than handling storage yourself, but then you'd be entrusting third parties with your stuff.