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Personal data storage is an idea whose time has come (blog.muni.town)
submitted 5 days ago by erlend_sh@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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If you're a regular internet user the Personal Data Storage paradigm won't move your data from the cloud to your personal computer. Most people will still rely on an institutional cloud service, but instead of data-banking with a shareholder-controlled corporation people’s data can be entrusted to the equivalent of member-owned credit unions for data storage.

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[–] realitista@lemmus.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I mean to be fair, self hosting data doesn't mean much more than just adding a hard disk or something. It's only when you want remote access to it that it becomes more complex than that.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

it does. you need to choose the software. you need to install the software. you need to update the software, and be prepared to deal with a bad update. you need to keep backups so that you can restore your files when disaster happens, and you need to know how to make a proper backup (have all the data, also backup the permissions, databases need special care, ...) and how to restore it.