Re: To Tux or not to Tux

On 2016-04-19 10:15, Michael Butash wrote:
[snippage]
>> WD Black 7200 Rpm 1TB DATA drive
> See above, spinners die too. Raid-0 any volume set imho.

I Think You Meant "RAID-1". Specifically, software RAID-1 so you can
use the array with any motherboard. The 0 in RAID-0 is your % chance of
recovering data from an array with a single-disk failure :-)

> Consider just getting an external nas like Synology or Drobo to keep
> data on, backups, etc. I just keep os disks in my system, and
> consider that disposable as a /tmp drive.

This may help, but storage media of all types can fail--usually at the
least convenient moment. Regular backups to something offline (USB
disk, DVD-R, BD-R, tape ...) are the best way to prevent actual data
loss. 2 USB disks of sufficient size, rotated periodically, with a
small shell script that mounts the disk, rsyncs the dirs you care about
to the disk, and umounts the disk is a fairly convenient and fast way to
do this. (Initial sync takes forever, but later syncs should be much
faster.) Unfortunately, USB disks are not $0.

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