[olug] DVD Ripping

[T. J. Brumfield]

I'll likely be going the RAID5 route which isn't all that secure as
far as not losing data.  Having tape in addition to RAID5 would make
me feel better.

-- T. J.

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Will Langford <unfies at gmail.com> wrote:
> Unrelated / OT.
>
> For a while I backed up to CD's at home.  After noticing bit rot on a couple
> CD's, I grew.... annoyed and don't particularly trust optical media these
> days either :(.
>
> I hate the thought of backing up data to any magnetic media (ie: I started
> hating floppies around age 6 or 7)... so... the prospect of backing up to
> hard drives and similar seems quite... blargh as well.  And, I don't
> particularly care for tape either.  Evil magnetic rubbish :).  And evil bit
> rot on optical.
>
> So - I don't have a currently active backup system heh.  I instead just rely
> on every system running RAID1/RAID5 to keep everything happy... and assume
> my OS won't eat my system :).
>
> If I were to choose one, it would undoubtedly be some kind of NAS or similar
> in a RAID array... powering it up on a schedule to handle maintenance like
> replacing failed drives, etc.  This way failed media wouldn't be the end of
> the world, and hopefully being a network type device - ya wouldn't have to
> worry about finding appropriate hardware to interface with for your storage
> medium (tape drive, optical drive, etc).  I would also assume that moving
> data from said device to another similar backup device would do well after
> the next technology breakthrough/evolution.
>
> In relation to the SSD write durability thread recently - has there been any
> infos regarding real world life time of flash or other media ?  Would it be
> a possibly viable archive system (even if a bit on the pricey side) ?
>
> -Will
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