@NPC@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWhat has been your best purchase this year?message-square233fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down15
arrow-up1194arrow-down1message-squareWhat has been your best purchase this year?@NPC@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square233fedilink
minus-square@jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoJust don’t put anything important on there without a backup. You never know how good the refurbish is on those. I’m eventually gonna set up a proper RAID array with them to prevent data loss.
minus-square@didnt_readit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•2 years agoRemember RAID is not a backup! RAID is for increasing uptime and only happens to help protect data (in some cases) as a side effect. Make sure you have backups of anything important or irreplaceable on that drive, preferably offsite!
minus-square@jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoIt’s definitely not going to store anything important - that’s all done by Backblaze. It’s more for convenience so that I don’t have to download all my shows again if a drive fails.
Just don’t put anything important on there without a backup. You never know how good the refurbish is on those.
I’m eventually gonna set up a proper RAID array with them to prevent data loss.
Remember RAID is not a backup! RAID is for increasing uptime and only happens to help protect data (in some cases) as a side effect. Make sure you have backups of anything important or irreplaceable on that drive, preferably offsite!
It’s definitely not going to store anything important - that’s all done by Backblaze.
It’s more for convenience so that I don’t have to download all my shows again if a drive fails.