You don't have to keep thinking about keeping your data safe after World Backup Day, unless you have an automatic backup routine in place, like the WD Easystore 12TB external hard drive.

Best Buy has it for $197.99, down from the list price of $279.99. That works out to less than 2 cents per gigabyte, plus the peace of mind that comes with automatic backup to protect your important files from disaster.

WD's Discovery utility allows you to set your external HDD to back up your data on a set schedule, such as hourly, or daily, or monthly. This utility makes it easy to set up and perform tasks that would otherwise have to be done manually.

Depending on the amount of data to be backed up, it may take some time to complete (it is recommended that this be done when the PC is not in use.) Since the connection is made via USB 3.0, the theoretical maximum bandwidth without taking overhead into account is 5Gbps.

In short, this is inexpensive bulk storage that will gladly take care of backup tasks.