[olug] To RAID or not to RAID

[Christopher R. White]

For the moment, the best I have is a fireproof safe to store the drives
in.  This is upstairs in the closet, bolted to the wall and shelf, so
barring a flood that doesn't cover the house, we're good, lol.

As for the drive sled, its transparent to the OS and it doesn't use a
caddy, the drive sits behind a door and just slides in.

I've looked at online backup solutions but can't afford them at this time.
On Sep 22, 2014 5:49 PM, "Kevin" <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:

> For online backup, there's a lot of options. I have yet to choose one, so
> when I do, I'll use Wikipedia's list[1] as a starting point. Then copy the
> table out to a spreadsheet app(whether Excel or LibreOffice Calc depends on
> whether I'm at home) and delete rows if they don't match something I want.
> Then delete the deciding column. You're then left with a bunch of providers
> whom you can research normally.
>
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_online_backup_services
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
>
> > On 09/22/2014 04:17 PM, Christopher R. White wrote:
> >
> >> Now to replace the old tape drive with one of these and setup a backup
> job
> >> to run nightly -
> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817998020&Tpk=
> >> N82E16817998020
> >> and maybe also a pair of 2 TB HDDs to go with it  ^_-
> >>
> >
> > Is that hot-swap bay invisible to the OS, or does it impose another layer
> > of software between the OS and your hard drive?
> >
> > The drawback of the latter type of hot-plug bays (and tape drives, too)
> is
> > that you're out of luck if your house burns down or the computer get
> > stolen.  Sure, you've still got your data, but you can't access any of it
> > until you get another tape drive of hot-swap bay.  If your backups are
> to a
> > USB enclosure, you can plug that into any computer you get your hands on
> in
> > the event of an emergency.
> >
> >
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