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0 pointsbombcar2y ago0 comments

Someone once told me that data is measured in gigabytes, but valuable data in bytes. He wasn’t wrong.

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tambourine_man2y ago

I regard music, photos and video as extremely valuable, so that doesn’t apply to me.

BizarreByte2y ago

I do too, but for me there are levels of importance and my backup strategy reflects that.

There are files I can't live without, files I don't want to lose (photos), and the rest.

silisili2y ago

Out of curiosity, what are examples of files you can't live without?

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bombcarOP2y ago

Almost all of my music is replaceable (rips from CDs, etc). Most of my video by size is DVD rips, but the photos and videos of my own are valueable.

Still less than 10% of my total storage, and easily backed up.

tambourine_man2y ago

Music is in theory replaceable, but finding and repurchasing everything I've collected over the decades is impractical. Just remembering everything is impossible.

BizarreByte2y ago

I've never heard that saying, but it's a good one. That's been my exact experience.

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tambourine_man2y ago

I regard music, photos and video as extremely valuable, so that doesn’t apply to me.

BizarreByte2y ago

I do too, but for me there are levels of importance and my backup strategy reflects that.

There are files I can't live without, files I don't want to lose (photos), and the rest.

silisili2y ago

Out of curiosity, what are examples of files you can't live without?

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bombcarOP2y ago

Almost all of my music is replaceable (rips from CDs, etc). Most of my video by size is DVD rips, but the photos and videos of my own are valueable.

Still less than 10% of my total storage, and easily backed up.

tambourine_man2y ago

Music is in theory replaceable, but finding and repurchasing everything I've collected over the decades is impractical. Just remembering everything is impossible.

BizarreByte2y ago

I've never heard that saying, but it's a good one. That's been my exact experience.

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