I have about 8TB of storage that is currently only replicated through a raid array. I occasionally sync that to another USB drive and leave that in a fireproof safe (same location).

I’d really like to do an offsite backup, but I only have 10Mbps upload. We are literally talking months to do a full backup.

How do others handle situations like this?

  • TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    11 months ago

    Just start the backup and wait 3 months. That’s not that bad. Are you losing access to the data soon? If not, just let your auto sync take care of it piece by piece.

    I had an emergency situation where I needed to move the data and upload was 25mbps. Stupid cable companies not understanding why people need symmetry. It would take approximately a year of continuous upload and I didn’t have that. So I use 4 Starlinks, aggregated them to the cloud server with a VPN and now I had 225Mbps to 425Mbps upload. It took about 3 weeks but all the data was moved.

    • shadowbert@kbin.social
      2·
      11 months ago

      I’ve never really understood why, seemingly universally, symmetric (or at least non-anemic upload plans) are completely unaffordable compared to “normal” plans (assuming they’re available at all).

      It truly sucks for stuff like this.

      • myplacedk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Seemingly. 🙂

        My ISP only has symmetric. The cheapest one they advertise costs about 10 Big Macs per month.

        I can’t speed test my connection as my wifi is the bottleneck. But the way our law is, they can’t really lie about speed. The “up to” trick was banned a long time ago.