I lost my ASTROPHOTOS in the past 😓 THIS could have prevented it - Data hygiene best practices

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Important note: this is just ONE step towards good data management! The ideal scenario would be to have physical backups in TWO different places AND a cloud backup - and a RAID setup is cherry on top to ensure the integrity of a data source! I personally use Google Drive to backup my favortie masters to the cloud. Still, I've used this drive a LOT after this video, and it was great to have access to all my astrophoto data even when I was in France :)

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00:00 Problem Statement
05:25 My current solution
06:35 New Solution
09:20 Unboxing and Preparation
14:39 First use
16:10 Initial setup and RAID5 config
23:27 Other features
25:24 Setting Up on Windows
28:38 Smartphone app
32:05 Folder structures for Astro / Best Practices
35:20 Transferring old files to new NAS
37:57 Cost and alternatives