so i just recently had 2 external HDs fail on me. i was only using them to store HD movies which i watch using my WDTv Live.

anyway, now that i've lost a few terabytes of files i'm wondering what solutions you folks use to store lots of data at home. i'm not particularly sad over the data loss, but if i can avoid it in the future that would be great. plus i can take this opportunity to add more storage.

one thing i've been thinking about is i might move to saudi arabia at the beginning of next year and it would be nice to take my catalog of movies with me as there won't be a ton to things to do while i'm working there.

additionally it would be nice to have another backup space for photos. currently for photos i have copies on the internal drive, then use 2 different ext HDs as backup.

thanks.

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there is no alternative to a backup

I'd start there.

Saudi Arabia? damn.

https://digife.com

yeah, looking at doing a 1 or 2 year contract there in one of the hospitals in riyadh. will be able to save up a lot more money while also travelling more.

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More here:
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"One of the most important things in life is what Judge Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to whether you're

Actually I have one at home, and bought one as a Christmas gift for a friend. (black color)

I use it for Mac TimeMachine backups.

It's fine, but a little slow. I did put some media on it and it played fine.

I paid $89 for mine at Frys, it was some sort of sale in late 2013.

Can this help with that?


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson


"One of the most important things in life is what Judge Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to whether you're

You create a WDMyCloud.com account.

Then add it to the device, and then authorize apps to access it.

See the manual:
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/UM/ENG/4779-705103.pdf

Starts around page 60.

It's not "Mom could buy it and it just works" level of easy, but its not much harder.

Good to hear a real use review of it. Mine would hold photos and music along with backing up two computers.

I plan to back it up to a portable drive that lives offsite. I've also considered having it back up to a cloud service but that seems an expensive slow route.

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https://www.backblaze.com/best-online-backup-service.html

$50 a year, unlimited backup for 1 computer including external drives.