Blu-Ray for Data Backup
I want to use my Blu-Ray burner to backup my PC data. I have a 3 TB data HDD and I want to use 100 GB discs to make hard copy backups for offsite - I also do an external HDD.. Does anyone have a b...
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wintersun wrote:
The safest backup is a dual hard drive case with two hard drives that are setup for RAID1.
You still need to back these up. You're only covered for single drive mechanical failures. What if the RAID gets corrupted? Then, you're basically screwed without a backup. This is why I never rely on a RAID as a backup system.
Redundant Raids are used in virtually all cinemas in the U.S. in DCP servers for digital movies. For the most part, they're designed to recover from a single drive failure. But I've seen more than one server class HD fail in these, requiring reloading the OS and all content.
