NPC@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoWhat has been your best purchase this year?message-squaremessage-square193fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down11
arrow-up1158arrow-down1message-squareWhat has been your best purchase this year?NPC@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square193fedilink
minus-squarejws_shadotak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoJust don’t put anything important on there without a backup. You never know how good the refurbish is on those. I’m eventually gonna set up a proper RAID array with them to prevent data loss.
minus-squaredidnt_readit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoRemember RAID is not a backup! RAID is for increasing uptime and only happens to help protect data (in some cases) as a side effect. Make sure you have backups of anything important or irreplaceable on that drive, preferably offsite!
minus-squarejws_shadotak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoIt’s definitely not going to store anything important - that’s all done by Backblaze. It’s more for convenience so that I don’t have to download all my shows again if a drive fails.
Just don’t put anything important on there without a backup. You never know how good the refurbish is on those.
I’m eventually gonna set up a proper RAID array with them to prevent data loss.
Remember RAID is not a backup! RAID is for increasing uptime and only happens to help protect data (in some cases) as a side effect. Make sure you have backups of anything important or irreplaceable on that drive, preferably offsite!
It’s definitely not going to store anything important - that’s all done by Backblaze.
It’s more for convenience so that I don’t have to download all my shows again if a drive fails.