Im using debian btw and non zfs system, so mileage may of course vary.
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bordam@feddit.it 1 day agoYes, of course 321 all the way! I was thinking 3 copies: two in RAID, one in B2 or Hetzner. Also I could keep daily ZFS snapshots for 1 month in case I mess up something. I know, it’s a bit of a waste but for me it’s ok since what I waste is definitely cheaper than buying a 4 bay or making a custom build. An alternative would be using two different clouds for backups and using both HDDs for space.
Nice idea, a used pc, but I’m concerned that something could fail in <4 years if the machine is too old, used office pc those are tipically from 2015-2018, so they’re already 7 years old in the best case.
Thanks for the benchmark! I think 16 GB will be more enough for me then, I don’t plan on using jellyfin, only transcoding would be immich but again it’s ok if these task are slow.
pleksi@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 day ago
“Two in RAID” only means 2 when the arrays on on different systems and the replication isn’t instant. Otherwise it only protects against hardware failures and not against you fucking up (ask me how I know…).
If the arrays are on 2 separate systems in the same place, they’ll protect against independent hardware failures without a common cause (a drive dies, etc), but not against common threats like fire or electrical spikes.
Also, how long does it take to return one of those systems to fully functioning with all the data of the other? This is a risk all of us seem to overlook at times.