[steven2012]

I have about 5 backups of things that I need. I just buy a new external drive and copy everything over and leave it in the closet. And then in a year buy another one. $200 a year for a backup of my photos is worth it

[static_noise]

If you don't have at least 3 copies in at least two different locations your data is already vapourizing.

So 5 inexpensive backups of important data sounds just about rasonable.