An oldy, but a goody.
I'm planning to install a NAS, used for photos, video, music and Squeezebox duties. Previous consensus seemed to be Netgear ReadyNas Duo as an optimal solution, which looks good.
Quick question with that though - what kind of data backup does one run? Only having 2 bays, RAID options are limited, so is it just a case of having an external USB HDD to back up key files occasionally? Or just shoving 2x 2TB drives in there and running RAID 1?
I run mine with mirrored drives - RAID 1 I think
RAID is not backup.
I have an external hard disk which I leave at my mum's. Offsite backups, see.
RAID is not backup.
It's as much back up as I (and I suspect most people ) need
Chinny reckon.
RAID is not backup.
OK, fairy nuff. But as above, with removable drives it's probably as much as I'd need.
I have an external hard disk which I leave at my mum's. Offsite backups, see.
Good thinking; does she offer enterprise packages?! 😉
OK, fairy nuff. But as above, with removable drives it's probably as much as I'd need.
What could go wrong with having all your data in one physical location in one little box of fragile electronics
At least get a 2.5" removable drive or two and keep an up to date copy of your data off-site.
Iirc the netgears nas boxes have offsite cloud backup built into them, ready vault or something similar. You can configure it on the web interface
RAID will protect against a single drive failure. If up time is key, it's good.
It doesn't protect against accidental deletion, corruption, virus, hardware failure, fire, flood, lightning, theft or anything like that.
If all you are concerned about is up time and one drive then go for it. If any of the others worry you then external removable storage for backup is better.
Having lost data to drive failures before, my NAS runs RAID 1 and is regularly backed up to one of 2 external USB drives. This is done ad-hoc but I verify the backup and swap the drives periodically and store one elsewhere.
Seems like hassle but compared to powering on your PC to be told your disc/data doesn't exist, it really isn't.
Thanks for the pointers; fair point on RAID as a non-backup solution, and I'll see what external drives I have knocking about.