I’d recommend setting your sights on the 3-2-1 rule. 3 copies of your data, 2 different mediums, 1 off-site. Hetzner Storage Box is a good cheap offsite option.

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Move over, bud. That’s my hill to die on, too.

Can’t catch me, FBI-man. I’m behind 7 proxies.

Fun fact, some of the more impressive examples from that era (like Mary Poppins) primarily used the sodium vapor process to get perfect mattes directly in-camera, no rotoscoping needed. It’s a fascinating and impressive bit of tech: https://www.historicmysteries.com/science/disney-prism/39484/