Of course this isn't really automated, but if you have one of those disc changers that people often use with audio CDs, you might be able to turn that into an automated system with a bit of scripting and hardware hacking.
Of course this isn't really automated, but if you have one of those disc changers that people often use with audio CDs, you might be able to turn that into an automated system with a bit of scripting and hardware hacking.
As terrible as optical discs are for long-term archiving, I'm sure their shelf life usually exceeds that of a carton of eggs. That should be enough to protect against ransomware and most other kinds of disasters that can strike a personal computer.
a) Creating multiple DVDs each time you back up (if your dataset is small enough and stable enough that DVDs are an option, doing two burns seems like an acceptable burden to me).
b) Storing parity files[0] on the DVDs to allow you to actually recover from bit rot and disk damage.