I wanted to reblog this because there were other curious parties. Maybe this is helpful info.
I asked a friend of whom archiving is basically a hobby of, and they said Google Drive and Mega are the gold standard, and a lot of that is because they've been doing it the longest.
A good number of people have also recommended Dropbox. I was under the assumption that Dropbox had fallen out of favor, and I admittedly don't know where that came from. Maybe because it's kind of become the generic name for this? Iddaknow! It seems like a good option!
Proton was one that I didn't recognize. They have encrypted email accounts which is great. Upon googling them, I saw they handed over email access to authorities which was an immediate huge turn off, but I'd be fooling myself if I didn't think google wouldn't do the same. Obviously I'm not planning on hosting illegal material, but it's something worth pointing out.
Backblaze got a glowing recommendation too. The BIG thing from them that sets them apart is they're a computer back up company, so if something happens to your PC or Mac, you can get it restored much like you would with windows restore but for a new PC. Very cool.
These all seem solid and it's just a matter of preference and budget.
For physical storage, this is a bit more straight forward if you need to know about this.
Solid State Drives (SSDs) are great and fast, but Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) are far more reliable long term. Why?
SSDs store information via an electric charge, and once that charge goes, so does the data, and anything that holds a charge also has diminishing returns at retaining it. HDDs write the data right onto physical disks that don't need electricity to retain information. Only to power and read it. (Someone who knows more than me feel free to correct this if I got something wrong)
And I'll probably also invest in a Bluray burner. I've been told that CDs for long term storage is not the way to go, but CDs much like HDDs are older tech that has had a lot of time to improve over newer conveniences like SSDs. Blurays are far more durable than CDs and DVDs in general, and estimates vary wildly for how long they last if taken care of. I've seen anywhere from 20-100 years. 20 to 100 years without worrying about hardware failure!
For local storage, it's probably good time to point that these next two months will be rife with sales. It's probably also good to point out that PC hardware is expected to go up in price when the next president is sworn in and starts ruining things.
I hope someone finds this useful.
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