Re: Storage Robot for your Home

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lol.

I've been juggling the various storage option balls for ages now, and I
still haven't decided which way to go.

I thought I'd just use DVDs as backup, but a 500Gb drive is a lot of
DVDs, and with HD movies such as King Kong taking up 25Gb, the amout of
space to back up could get quite silly very quickly.

The problem with RAID (for me) is that the controller might fail or
become obsolete.  Because my storage needs are just for media (i.e the
data isn't changing) I'm starting to lean towards the idea of backing up
with a duplicate set of hard disks (disconnected and stored elsewhere,
rather than powered up and in the same box in a RAID array).

However, the DVD option is still tempting, because the odds of a drive
failure within the first three years are pretty slim, and by then I
could probably transfer everything onto a single drive!

Decisions, decisions...

Mal




Phil Harris wrote:

> I didn't say that it wasn't ...
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> ;-)
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> Phil
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>]
On
> Behalf
> > Of Mal Lansell
> > Sent: 10 April 2007 23:33
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Storage Robot for your Home
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> > Yes, but who says the Storage Robot isn't half-arsed too? At
least if
> > you build it yourself, you know how much arse it is ;-)
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> > Mal
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> > Phil Harris wrote:
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> > > There have been far too many horror stories on here over the
years
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> > > RAID arrays failing irretrievably ...
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> > > Phil
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> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>]
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> > > > Of Chris Hunter
> > > > Sent: 10 April 2007 19:50
> > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Storage Robot for your Home
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> > > > interesting ... as always, buyer beware, even with RAID
!!
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