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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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I'm looking for a budget friendly way to store a couple TB of data on a small device (USB ?) (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by FoxyNugs@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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Hello

What budget friendly solution would you recommend for someone that wants to store at most 1-2TB of data on a portable device ?

I'm curently using 256Gb USB keys, but it's getting annoying to swap between them when I need to update the storage or retrieve something.

I went with USB because it was cheaper and less prone to failure by being handled, but I don't know if it's the cheapest and most reliable way to store data I want to access semi-regularly.

What would be your advice ?

Thank you

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[–] FireFromUpNorth@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Get an internal 1, 2, or 4tb nvme from a trusted brand (Samsung, WD, or crucial) then get an enclosure (make sure it’s atleast 10gbps) and that in total should be anywhere from $60-$160 with all the sales going on