i kinda don't just wanna chuck these drives into my suitcase and hope for the best because it'd suck a lot if something happened. it's essentially a big volume with all my backups from my computers and servers, a lot of archived data (think uni work, documents, etc.), and a sizeable local media collection which i could definitely scrape back together if i had to but it'd be really fucking annoying.

doing it over the internet kinda isn't an option (see image above). even if i upgraded my connection to the highest speed available to me (which would be stupid bc i'd have to commit for a year and i'm literally moving to a different country), i'd spend like 2 weeks just uploading while also paying 50€/month more than i currently do (on top of the $80/month i'd pay for backblaze.)

backblaze b2 (which would cost me about $80/month to store that much data) has an option where they send you a nas to put your stuff on but that's $550. i can just get another set of 4x6tb drives for much less than that and actually throw those in my suitcase though.

i'm kinda leaning towards buying more drives and bringing a copy in my suitcase but i'm open to suggestions.

just figured out i can split the difference and get new drives shipped to other tom @masklayer and have him plug them into a computer i previously linuxed and left at his place.

i'm much less opposed to waiting for a month or so for this file transfer to be done when i can do it before i even leave and when i'm not paying (at least) $80/mo for the privilege of waiting.