How does /g/ organize its files? It drives me into panic.
I'm not comfortable saving files on my local drive, nor am I comfortable with cloud services. For now I keep everything on an always-inserted flash drive, who I then back up on an external drive. But still files end up EVERYWHERE: on your phone, tablet, in the cloud, flash drives, etc - and sorting that shit out is hell.
And what should you save? Old meme pics from 4chan anno 2006? Old back-ups?
>>55613259
I have a folder of various files, about ~200gb that I keep on 3 PCs. I also have a .7z archive of this folder on a laptop harddrive that I put in a makeshift foam-ductape case to keep in a closet.
When I want to "add" files to this archive, I make it a point to eventually get the files on each archive. Keeping the mirrors updated for me isn't a huge deal because I am not frequently generating data that is completely imperative that I have backed-up. Things like that, IE: old family photos/projects/etc, are already all saved redundantly.
At work, I have a more pragmatic approach in-place. I work at a small medical office and it is important that there be solid redundancy and security. First line of defense is RAID- The server at work uses RAID 1 with 2 SSDs. Now, you shouldn't just rely on RAID- If the PC gets fucked in some catastrophic way, both drives might be fucked. To mitigate against this, and for HIPAA-compliance, I have 3 drives in a rotation that store a PGP-encrypted archive of the SQL database and image data files. Every night, this archive is updated on the currently connected drive. Every monday, I swap a disk with the business owner. He takes this to his residence in a padded container (Off-site back-up, in case the building burns-down). There is another drive I keep in a drawer, for more immediate access in case of a localized failure in the closet. In case a drive get stolen, I can just destroy the PGP private key, and the data will be completely inaccessible unless quantum computing goes big or something.
What works for you is something you'll need to figure out, but I hope my example of what I do personally vs. how I handle data at work gives you an idea of what you can do for data integrity.
Also, with .pgp archives, you could store on cloud storage as long as you keep the private key somewhere. They won't be able to read the data.
>>55613354
re. organizing: here is an example of how the shit I keep backed-up is organized. there are of course sub-folders. the "backup mybook" folder is a complete clusterfuck, but that is what ctrl+f is for.
>>55613420
What's in lost and found?
I use rsync over ssh to my raspbery pi to back up my school files.
I just copy paste a script into command line when I'm done every day.
>>55613525
nothing. I think it is actually a hidden folder that is automatically generated, but there is nothing in it.
I keep a 50gb encrypted folder with my pictures, work related files, administration scanned documents and a copy of my passwordsafe database. I make a copy of this folder on 4 separated hard drive every major commit. The rest, music, porn, games, movies take much place (6to on total) to be backup.
So I advice you to backup what you can't download from the Internet.
I'm a sort of data hoarder but bad at it. I keep a 800 GB external drive almost at its death bed (replacing it soon dnw) and I keep misc image files, copy of my user folders (windows and Linux) dating from 2014-5 and games (nonlegal versions, other miscellaneous freeware). I also keep backups of programming projects big and small, Android backups, 3ds related crap, and probably a lot of stuff I can't think off the top of my head. I also keep a media collection of what you can probably guess.
Just collect whatever you want dude, as long as you have space.
>>55613970
No backup ?
>>55614012
No not yet, I'm planning to order more drives considering how cheap they are but I need to organise my folders first.
>>55614023
Yeah the prices finally dropped a bit. In 2010 I pad my 2 To 75€. Now it's 50€.
>that open lid coffee
>on the fucking floor nonetheless
>so close to all those pieces of paper
I just copy my Pictures, Documents, Chinese Cartoon Porn and Music to other computers.
I have a HTPC, Desktop and Laptop that keep up with most things Frequently using FreeSync.
I also have another HTPC, Desktop and External that get these backups less frequently.
