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Backups of Media? How do you handle it?
iRTuan:
I just have 4 internal hard drives, a 300gb, 700gb, and two 1tb. My 300gb is where my windows is, where I download my games, and where I download my .torrent or random things I don't need forever. My 700gb was my first hard drive I got because I just needed some quick space, so I use that for what I want to seed. My two other 1tb hard drives I just use to store the anime I'm not seeding.
QlShdR:
Having multiple multi-terrabytes HDDs in RAID is a good idea (and also rather expensive).
But everyone forgets about Dual Layer BD-discs.
If you want to make sure that your precious data is backed up, I suggest you to buy a fine DL Blu-ray writer and use quality DL BD-discs for extra backup (in cooperation with your RAID-array).
NaRu:
There is no backup solution for me since Im using 16TB of storage just for movies and anime.
Pentium100:
--- Quote from: QlShdR on May 10, 2011, 04:22:47 PM ---If you want to make sure that your precious data is backed up, I suggest you to buy a fine DL Blu-ray writer and use quality DL BD-discs for extra backup (in cooperation with your RAID-array).
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Still, they are of similar price as tapes but not rewritable. And a BD-R drive is not much cheaper than a used LTO1 or LTO2 drive.
Also, backing up terabytes of information to 50GB discs is a bit time consuming. 200GB tapes are better. Tapes with more capacity are even better (but the drives become quite expensive).
QlShdR:
--- Quote from: Pentium100 on May 10, 2011, 05:13:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: QlShdR on May 10, 2011, 04:22:47 PM ---If you want to make sure that your precious data is backed up, I suggest you to buy a fine DL Blu-ray writer and use quality DL BD-discs for extra backup (in cooperation with your RAID-array).
--- End quote ---
Still, they are of similar price as tapes but not rewritable. And a BD-R drive is not much cheaper than a used LTO1 or LTO2 drive.
Also, backing up terabytes of information to 50GB discs is a bit time consuming. 200GB tapes are better. Tapes with more capacity are even better (but the drives become quite expensive).
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LTO-drives are too much of a hassle. First, you have to found one. And tapes too. And they're not cheap either...
If I burn a BD-disc, I don't want to rewrite it. It's final. ~20 discs/TB. It's not that much. BD is the (near) future, it's spreading in a quite impressive rate due to the continously moderating price in the last couple of months. You can get a decent (and brand new) DL BD-W drive for about 100-120 $. For ~170 bucks, you have your Plextor.
Besides, there's the issue of compatibility; you can't play your tapes anywhere - a tapedrive needed, and it's not that common nowadays (it's rare like Hell), while more and more people are buying BD-players.
--- Quote from: NaRu ---There is no backup solution for me since Im using 16TB of storage just for movies and anime.
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Of course there is. 320 DL BD-disc : ) and/or bonus 3 TB external HDDs on the shelf, standing next to each other like (expensive) books. ^__^
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