Comment on how much backing up would you do of a media server?
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 year ago
i have ~24tb (6x4) unraided x3 on separate nas, one of which is only plugged in and turned on every few months. if i lose a drive, i can clone the whole thing quickly from one of the other 2 backups.. i dont have to worry about failed raid arrays and i get a bit more useful storage..
in the ~5 years i've had this setup going i think ive only lost one drive, and it started throwin smart errors long before it died
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Curious what was the model of your drive failure? I have 6 years now on a bunch of 8TB WD Elements/EasyStore drives as well as some WD MyBook and refurbished WD drives from serverpartdeals in the preceding years. Still no failures yet but I’m expecting one eventually.
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 year ago
all my drives are WD Red