Excel, what an oxymoronic name.

Second vote for LTO. Stable and cheap medium. If only drives were cheaper.

Good, their answers are generally crap, and I wish they wouldn’t show in searches anyway.

It’s for safety, to protect any unexpected insertions, you first want to wrap parts in rubber. Otherwise you get a virus.

Arch is the best

Micro PC, install Linux. External nas. Or mini-pc with builtin nas.

Nextcloud is a good platform for hosting self cloud stuff. You might want a fixed ip, or other method to route if wanting to use out of home.

Tape is the best medium for archiving data.

Was 69 up votes. Sorry, my mistake.

And put some kind of sauce, like mayo, and you’ve made a tomato slip and slide.