[cywick]

If you keep your files only on your devices and a home server, you are making yourself vulnerable to scenarios like the one discussed here very recently:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31652650 ("I've locked myself out of my digital life")

[effingwewt]

I would recommend none of the above, I was giving OP a better way of having their stuff online.

The article you referenced was getting locked out of accounts. We are speaking of having documents backed up, not google accounts.

The best way period would be to periodically backup to an external HD or even SD cards.

People need to get over this cloud bullshit years ago.

All of these problems have been solved since the advent of the internet, these are all self-imposed problems.

[em-bee]

The best way period would be to periodically backup to an external HD or even SD cards.

and where do you store those?

you really want multiple backups, and an encrypted cloud storage is one of them.

[tremon]

I have no trust in the longevity of data on SD cards. What's the expected lifetime of the data on these, and has it been studied/verified?

[suifbwish]

In a heavy fireproof box along with the birth certificate, and other important papers. If you want extra protection put that box in a larger safe. This really isn’t a difficult question to answer. If you are trusting a third party to store your things, when something happens to their service or they terminate your account randomly you have only yourself to blame.