I have several larger hard drives:
- 5TB portable drive connected to my HTPC for films and series via Plex
- Two unused 8TB drives
- 4TB drive containing important media (that doesn't fit in my laptop and/or is more important)
Initially, I considered getting a Synology NAS, but with less than 10TB of actual data, it seems like overkill, especially since I rarely access this data and usually keep the drives unplugged, except for the 5TB drive that's always connected to my HTPC (I also don't really need a NAS for my Plex needs, since I already have the HTPC as a server for that).
After reading some posts, I thought about purchasing a license for Bvckup 2, which is more cost-effective and would allow me to use my other drives for backup.
My plan is to transfer data from the 5TB drive to one of the 8TB drives and periodically back up the data to the other 8TB drive. If I run out of space, I could use the 4TB drive similarly and back up data to the other 5TB drive.
While this might sound inefficient to experienced data hoarders, how bad/good is this idea? Are there any other software options that could simplify this process, compared to manually copying and pasting data between drives?