External HDD for History

[EHaskins]

Originally Posted by Fletch1373

Dropbox doesn't JUST store it online, it copies the file(s) to the computers that are linked to linked to an account with access to the dropbox share. And since the files are stored locally and simply synced with the server, searching through files is actually very fast and pretty easy.

-Eric

It also replicates deletions, even accidential ones. That means that if you don't detect your mistake in a timely manner the data could be perminantly lost on all devices. This is easier to have happen than it sounds. I had this issue, but I didn't notice the missing data for over a month. Luckly I had nightly local backups of the machine I could restore the data from.

It is always best practice to keep at least two copies of the data, in different locations, and on different media (online, hdd, optical media, tape, etc.).