Equipment

• 100 GB cloud storage account (CloudSync)
  • This is the primary data store
  • Also enables easy syncing between computers
  • Price: $11.99 per year
• 100 GB cloud backup plan (CloudBackup)
  • This is cold storage
  • Price: $9.99 per year
• 1 TB network-attached storage (NAS)
  • This is the live backup
• External USB drives
  • 1 TB USB external drive (ExternalUSBBackupA)
  • 500 GB USB external drive (ExternalUSBBackupB)
  • One of ExternalUSBBackupA or ExternalUSBBackupB remains off-site
  • Another, CurrentExternalUSBBackup, is attached to NAS
  • ExternalUSBBackupA and ExternalUSBBackupB are exchanged once a week

Overview

• CloudSync continually syncs to NAS
• NAS backs up to CloudBackup once a day
• NAS backs up to CurrentExternalUSBBackup once a day
• NAS backs up to its own local file system every 6 hours

Possible enhancements

• Use a smart power plug to periodically disconnect CurrentExternalUSBBackup from NAS

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