[olug] DVD Ripping

[Barry Von Ahsen]

what about raid5 + spare, then haul the spare off to the bank/work/other 
offsite every couple months

-barry

T. J. Brumfield wrote:
> 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.
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> -- T. J.
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> 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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