HDDs are your best option for long-term storage. Every storage mechanism fails eventually but HDDs are convenient, last long, and have excellent data recovery.

… people just send SMS to random phone numbers?

I have 2000 searches in the past 7 days… 300 searches a month seems so miniscule

Larger file size means significantly larger cost when you’re working with lots of data… especially when transferring data over the internet

high level or low level?