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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). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.

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What guides, wikis, or megathreads are available for those new to archiving and storing data? (lm.paradisus.day)

submitted 11 months ago by rutrum@lm.paradisus.day to c/datahoarder@lemmy.ml

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I've recently aquired the hardware to build a home server/NAS. I'd love to know some community-guided advice on tools I should consider, and what best practices are?

For instance, how does redundancy work? Whay about automated backups? What OS should be running on a NAS? What utilities can I use to monitor the safety of my data? Perhaps even a guide about how to safely share that data outside my home network for personal use, or even open for the internet, without compromising my network?

Thanks for the discussion

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[–] Nogami@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I went down the unRAID rabbit hole.

I never came back up, I’m happy here.