Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 02:34:55 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> Even if I build a NAS setup, I still need a backup arrangement. Even if >> I have a RAID setup, still need backups. It gets complicated for sure. >> Sort of expensive too. Just imagine if my DSL was 10 times faster. >> O_O I'd need to order drives by the case. > Not necessarily, if the files are going to remain available online, you > only need to back up the URLs. Downloading again could well be faster > than restoring from backups. > >
That's the thing, some I have are no longer available anywhere that I can find. Even youtube deletes videos with their censorship not because of copyright but because they don't like the content. Anytime I find a good video that I think may be useful later, I download it so that I have it. For the most part, it's a good point. Thing is, my DSL is far slower than any drive I have, even if it was a USB drive using USB1 speeds. Downloading is the best way to insure I can watch a video later. Of course, videos aren't the only thing I don't want to lose. I have a lot of things I don't want to get away from me. As we know, the more copies in different locations the safer it is. I wish I could use a cloud account but as slow as my download is, upload is even slower, as usual. That said, I'm glad to have the info I have stored here. I'm just trying to make sure it doesn't get away from me. I wish your way could work tho. Dale :-) :-)
