[rdiddly]

When answering how and where to store X, the answer should always consider "have less X" as an option or meta-solution, because it makes simpler, cheaper solutions possible and obviates overblown ones. I don't need to assume anything about the person; it's universally applicable. It obeys a power law too. Half the junk somehow gets you down to a quarter of the hassle most of the time.

[em-bee]

for me it comes down to what is less effort to implement. i could probably delete half of my data (got about 5TB now), but doing that would take more effort than buying new harddisks.