Hi all,
I would like to set up some off-site back up storage at my mums house that I can back up files to.
Questions are; Is this possible and what equipment would I need.She has BT infinity at her place-as do we.
I have a WD NAS at my house but would feel more comfortable with something away from home!
Advise please!
Steve
Anything is possible for you to have some ideas, but then again anything is also possible for hackers and such, what happens if your computer gets into a fault that result in your having to format hard drive and reinstall, so you get the backed up files from your mum only to find her computer had been hacked, or your computer hacked with one of those randomware like Cyberlock, so your only option is to format and reinstall only to find your mum's computer is faulty?
It would make more senses since you already have a NAS (which I assume is either wired to your computer or you're using wireless) for backup, you should consider a removable media for your of site back up, such as using a USB memory key, to back up your files and leave it at your mum's, or if you got a storage lockup, then leave it hidden there, or got a safe deposit box, then leave it there, just find a more suitable place. If your files is too large for a USB key (say over 64GB), then like one of the members suggested in his/her posting above, get an external HDD (which could be 500GB to 2TB or whatever, yet still as small as a pocket book), then back up and leave somewhere safe.
Having a NAS at home is good, and using cloud is good too, but anything can happens to those, your equipment could get faulty or taken, you have no control over cloud service, if their offices gets burned down or their servers gets damaged, what can you do? So it makes senses to have some removable media like USB key or external HDD and leave at your mum's or leave somewhere else.
