You can't just buy backup. You have to think about scenarios and you have to test the restore.
As an example, I have an online account and a synology nas. I test my backup every time I move to a new laptop, by doing the data migration trough the restore.
Synology, it turns out, had changed its backup solution, and finding the installer for the old tools needed to restore was non trivial. They also wanted me to click on every individual file, with 100+ K files to go. The alternative was to download a zip file, except this actually timed out before it could complete. All the data was there, except not in a decent restorable format.
Apart from that, this is not an offline backup. If your house has a fire or whatever, your backup is also gone. A NAS on its own is not enough.
I was hoping to use rsync.net as online provider, but they had no way to receive money from a SEPA IBAN. They also store data outside the EU, exposing me to a foreign legislature with markedly lower consumer protection. When looking to the EU, the storage landscape becomes fragmented quickly. There are options, but its not easy.
As an example, I have an online account and a synology nas. I test my backup every time I move to a new laptop, by doing the data migration trough the restore.
Synology, it turns out, had changed its backup solution, and finding the installer for the old tools needed to restore was non trivial. They also wanted me to click on every individual file, with 100+ K files to go. The alternative was to download a zip file, except this actually timed out before it could complete. All the data was there, except not in a decent restorable format.
Apart from that, this is not an offline backup. If your house has a fire or whatever, your backup is also gone. A NAS on its own is not enough.
I was hoping to use rsync.net as online provider, but they had no way to receive money from a SEPA IBAN. They also store data outside the EU, exposing me to a foreign legislature with markedly lower consumer protection. When looking to the EU, the storage landscape becomes fragmented quickly. There are options, but its not easy.