Q: Do we need HDDs any more?
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- KVRian
- 1071 posts since 27 Apr, 2016
I keep a hardware clone of my SSD's taken every 3 months or so (again on Samsung 850 pro), just in case. Would save mega hassle/time in man hours more than anything else.
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Winstontaneous Winstontaneous https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=98336
- KVRAF
- 2351 posts since 15 Feb, 2006 from Berkeley, CA
You guarantee that data is safe by having a comprehensive backup plan involving multiple on/offsite backups. Your post implies that you're relying on disk redundancy as a backup strategy...DJ Warmonger wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2020 2:34 pm I still run HDD RAID10 for my working projects (music, programming, recently videos). Surely I'd like to go full-SSD, but then how do I guarantee the data is safe? I already had to replace my previous system SSD which failed fatally short after 2 years of operation.
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- KVRAF
- 4590 posts since 7 Jun, 2012 from Warsaw
Man, I am not a bank or a space shuttle. I am hobbyistWinstontaneous wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 8:33 pmYou guarantee that data is safe by having a comprehensive backup plan involving multiple on/offsite backups. Your post implies that you're relying on disk redundancy as a backup strategy...DJ Warmonger wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2020 2:34 pm I still run HDD RAID10 for my working projects (music, programming, recently videos). Surely I'd like to go full-SSD, but then how do I guarantee the data is safe? I already had to replace my previous system SSD which failed fatally short after 2 years of operation.
When I told friends at work (software developers) anout it, they said they don't know anyone who keeps RAID in home PC.
And yep, in previous system my RAID 10 was barely working with up to 2 disk faults and one broken cable... Now I have reliable models, so this can only be better.
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- KVRian
- 1021 posts since 3 Oct, 2011 from Christchurch, New Zealand
redundant arrays are all great - until you have something trully disastrous (fire/flood/lightning strike etc) that takes out the entire array in one go - at which point you realise WHY people were telling you a redundant array alone does not constitute a proper recovery planDJ Warmonger wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 9:14 pm Man, I am not a bank or a space shuttle. I am hobbyist
When I told friends at workj (softwrae developers) anout it, they said they don't know anyone who keeps RAID in home PC.
And yep, in previous system my RAID 10 was barely working with up to 2 disk faults and one broken cable... Now I have reliable models, so this can only be better.
with relatively cheap cloud storage doing backups to off-site storage is something even 'hobbyists' can afford - or you can go old-school and have a pair of suitably large external HDDs and rotate them off-site (keep the current copy at your work or a relatives house)
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AdvancedFollower AdvancedFollower https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=418780
- KVRian
- 1234 posts since 8 May, 2018 from Sweden
RAID in itself only protects against disk failures, it doesn't protect against viruses, ransonware, file corruption or accidental deletion. Besides, RAID introduces another point of failure - if the RAID controller freaks out and destroys the array, it's ridiculously hard to recover the data.
I use a NAS for backups and disk images (scheduled nightly), while the NAS in turn backs up to Backblaze cloud storage. So even if the house burns down or gets hit by a meteor, I still have all my crappy tracks
I use a NAS for backups and disk images (scheduled nightly), while the NAS in turn backs up to Backblaze cloud storage. So even if the house burns down or gets hit by a meteor, I still have all my crappy tracks
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- KVRAF
- 2269 posts since 10 Jul, 2008 from Orbit NE US
Winstontaneous, jdnz, AdvancedFollower are giving good advice, take it, or leave it (and take your chances...)
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vitocorleone123 vitocorleone123 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=333504
- KVRAF
- 1895 posts since 30 Jun, 2014 from Pacific NW
HDDs? Backup/archival indeed. Mechanical discs are heading to 80TB per drive.
Day to day? Nvme/sdd always.
Day to day? Nvme/sdd always.
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240 - KVRAF
- 35171 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from the wilds of wanny
My computer uses 3 x SSDs ... I only use HDD for backups (for about 4 years now).
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- KVRAF
- 2677 posts since 20 Jun, 2012
RAID is no substitute for backup. It only protects against disk failure. Also built-in RAID controllers in most motherboard are not real hardware RAID controllers which means that they are unreliable garbage.
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