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  • The 2 isn’t two offline, it’s two forms of media. Hard drive, optical, tape, etc., in case there’s some defect or disaster that renders one unusable. The offsite one should probably be offline, but unless you’re really paranoid, a cloud backup counts as one for each category. (But it needs to be a managed cloud backup, not just a copy in Google drive, because you want to be protected against accidental deletions.)


  • 4 TB isn’t that much data. Do you even need a NAS, if you’re not planning on serving the media? If you have a desktop PC, just stick a 4 TB drive or two in there, and keep an offsite copy either by cloud backup or external drive at someone else’s house (or bank safe deposit box if you want to be really sure).