Backups are absolutely essential. I wrote about that topic quite a few times already and I can’t stress that point enough. I live a solid backup strategy and it has saved my a$$ multiple times already. The core of my backup system is a 4-bay NAS system (Network...
Backing up your data is essential and you are foolish if you do not do so. Harddrives can fail at any given time (after all, it’s a piece of technology and won’t last forever), CDs can be unreadable after some years. Coping with the huge amount of data...