how much backing up would you do of a media server? (aussie.zone)

submitted 9 months ago by DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I have a nas with 2x10tb drives. I mostly just have music, movies and tv shows on it.

People talk about raid not being a backup, but is that relevant for non-original data? I mean I can always get the media again if need be. It would just be an inconvenience.

What would you do?

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[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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

i guess im using a 'redundant array of inexpensive nas' = RAIN! is that a thing? can i make it a thing?

[-] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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 10TB-14TB WD MyBook, Elements, 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 points 9 months ago

all my drives are WD Red

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