Like many people here, I am the IT support for the family. I am considering what is the best backup strategy for the aggregate of storage needs that may exceed 2T in a year. I have stuff all over the place and need to strategise and consolidate.
Currently, we use a 2T Apple one plan to backup our photos from iphones. I also pay for 200mb of Google one plan to back up our photos to Google Photos (better search and can be displayed on Google Hub Max, etc). I also have a Synology NAS DS 918+ for files, documents, photos and other multimedia stuff. I also have Backblaze backup (not B2) running on my main mac.
However, this is still not fully conforming to the 3-2-1 backup strategy. Also , I just started a blog site, so there will be additional storage needs.
Currently I am considering a hybrid backup plan, using an external cloud service (like Wasabi, iDrive, Backblaze B2), etc, that back up certain folders on my Synology NAS. I guess once I have done that I may be able to reduce the iCloud plan to say 200MB, then Synology NAS being the key backup device. Really critical stuff (like family photos, critical documents and files) are backup again onto external Cloud
Does this make sense? Anyone have other suggestions or want to share their experience, set up and feedback on cloud backup. Should I consider Synology C2?