I’m new to the scene. If a raid isn’t a backup, then what is?
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Serinus@lemmy.world 11 months agoA raid is not a backup.
But also look at Unraid and maybe more, smaller drives.
weLookAbove@lemm.ee 11 months ago
limelight79@lemm.ee 11 months ago
It provides redundancy in case a drive fails, but there’s no protection if you accidentally delete a file. That’s why they say “RAID is not a backup.”
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Raid can be redundancy, backup is when the data is offsite(be it cloud or drive offsite) to prevent situations like fires or floods from destroying you data. If all your data is in the same place, its still not safe
Serinus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Something where your files won’t disappear due to a single errant command or ransomware.
aniki@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I’ll probably run a RAID5 with extra drives and replicate to a cloud location for DR. Should be more than sufficient for my needs and the rate I generate data.