NPC@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前What has been your best purchase this year?message-squaremessage-square234fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down15
arrow-up1194arrow-down1message-squareWhat has been your best purchase this year?NPC@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square234fedilink
minus-squarebigdog_00@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 年前So glad you just mentioned this - I’ll have to take a look!
minus-squarejws_shadotak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 年前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.
minus-squaredidnt_readit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 年前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!
minus-squarejws_shadotak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前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.
So glad you just mentioned this - I’ll have to take a look!
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.