Systems and processes for data backup and recovery

A method comprising:

• establishing, by a first computing device, a connection with a local area network, the local area network comprising a plurality of devices and a second computing device;
• providing, by the first computing device, a plurality of device criteria associated with the first computing device to the plurality of devices and the second computing device that are connected to the local area network, the plurality of device criteria comprising:
• a network interface of the first computing device,
• a location of the first computing device,
• an average amount of time that the first computing device is connected to the local area network during a specified period of time,
• an amount of time before the first computing device enters a low power mode, and
• a storage capacity of the first computing device;
• receiving, by the first computing device, a data file from the second computing device based on the second computing device determining that the first computing device has a highest rank compared to ranks of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the highest rank and the ranks are determined based on the plurality of device criteria, respectively, associated with the first computing device and the plurality of computing devices, respectively;
• storing, by the first computing device, the data file at a particular location on the first computing device;
• and
• adding, by the first computing device, information to a manifest, wherein the manifest identifies the particular location of the data file.

A first computing device comprising:

• one or more processors, and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, comprising instructions that are executable by one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• establishing a connection with a local area network, the local area network comprising a plurality of devices and a second computing device;
• providing a plurality of device criteria associated with the first computing device to the plurality of devices and second computing device that are connected to the local area network, the plurality of device criteria comprising:
• a network interface of the computing device,
• a location of the computing device,
• an average amount of time that the computing device is connected to the local area network during a specified period of time,
• an amount of time before the computing device enters a low power mode, and
• a storage capacity of the computing device;
• receiving a data file from the second computing device based on the second computing device determining that the first computing device has a highest rank compared to ranks of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the highest rank and the ranks are determined based on the plurality of device criteria, respectively, associated with the first computing device and the plurality of computing devices, respectively;
• storing the data file at a particular location on the first computing device;
• and
• writing information to a manifest, wherein the information identifies the particular location of the data file.