[ale] RAID card for home use?

[Solomon Peachy]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 11:28:41AM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> wow... all I have to backup is basically my photos & videos.. currently
> 112Gb.. I back those up to different USB sticks and a Mybook external
> drive..

FWIW my photo archive alone is 2.1TB.  :)

> maybe I need a NAS drive.. but those aren't really meant to be backup
> drives, are they?

Well, it's all in how you use it -- the important thing about backups is 
that you have a separate, redundant copy of your data, and that you 
ensure the backups are current/readable/restorable/etc.  That's more of 
a procedural matter than a technical issue.

Most teeth-gnashing when it comes to backups comes from attempting to 
make them utilize cheaper storage than the original/live/hot copy of 
the data you care about.  And not testing recovery mechanisms before 
they're needed.  :)

 - Solomon
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Solomon Peachy        		       pizza at shaftnet dot org
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