The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/digi2k on 2024-08-15 15:07:18.
I have a Mac mini that is shared on my local network, where I recently installed a 14tb drive where my wife and I store all our important data. It also has a partition where our personal MacBooks time machines are stored (backs up over WiFi). This is a new drive that I’ve used to consolidate all our old burned cds, external drives, etc.
It’s current not being backed up at all. Would it be adequate to get another 2x 14tb or larger drive and use Time Machine to back up the attached 14tb drive? I would have 2, one to keep offsite, and one to keep attached, and rotate them out. That should give me incremental backups and 3 copies of the data (the drive, the attached Time Machine backup, and a time machine backup that is kept offsite).
Is there a better solution for this? We access the drive and add/remove/modify files on it often.