%!&#*367rd Official Hard At Work Thread!%&#!*%
11-24-2014, 09:46 AM
#1161
The only real comment on the appliance I have, Matt, would be that it is only a two disk system. Like you said, you don't want anything fancy but you are really limiting your RAID fault tolerance. 
I'm not suggesting that dual parity is your solution but I think you can do better.
I'm not suggesting that dual parity is your solution but I think you can do better. I'm also thinking about signing up for an offsite backup plan that the Synology would automatically back itself up on. Looks like you can get some unlimited backup plans for ~50/year. Seems not bad.
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/UPDATE...ningDSM50.aspx
11-24-2014, 10:07 AM
#1162
Community Organizer
I'm not a fan of mirroring but whatever. 
Crashplan is a good choice, too. I have heard many good things about that service although I do not (yet) use it myself.
Crashplan is a good choice, too. I have heard many good things about that service although I do not (yet) use it myself.
11-24-2014, 10:16 AM
#1163
If some attacker is powerful enough to steal my encrypted data from somewhere like crashplan, they could probably just take it straight from my Synology too (I bet it would be easier that way. I'm no security expert). Other than that, 3rd party mirroring makes it easy to follow 3-2-1 in case an asteroid hits my house.
11-24-2014, 10:24 AM
#1164
I have two WD black drives in raid 0 in my computer at home. I'll be boned if either drive were to fail, but I really don't have anything too important on there.
11-24-2014, 10:26 AM
#1165
I have lots of photos I don't want to lose. I've already lost huge troves of pictures to drive failures twice in the past (shame on me...)
11-24-2014, 10:28 AM
#1166
Community Organizer
Originally Posted by WhrDLMI' timestamp='1416856052' post='23416540
I'm not a fan of mirroring but whatever. Crashplan is a good choice, too. I have heard many good things about that service although I do not (yet) use it myself.
Crashplan is a good choice, too. I have heard many good things about that service although I do not (yet) use it myself. If some attacker is powerful enough to steal my encrypted data from somewhere like crashplan, they could probably just take it straight from my Synology too (I bet it would be easier that way. I'm no security expert). Other than that, 3rd party mirroring makes it easy to follow 3-2-1 in case an asteroid hits my house.
I think it is a good plan for you (especially since you are just going to mirror) and I plan on setting up my own account someday. FreeNAS has a crashplan plugin that is supposed to make it even easier to use.
11-24-2014, 10:32 AM
#1168
Originally Posted by Roflcopter' timestamp='1416857047' post='23416567
I have two WD black drives in raid 0 in my computer at home. I'll be boned if either drive were to fail, but I really don't have anything too important on there.
I have lots of photos I don't want to lose. I've already lost huge troves of pictures to drive failures twice in the past (shame on me...)
I store all my media on an external drive. I should probably back that up in case it decides to fail on me... again.
11-24-2014, 10:35 AM
#1169
Community Organizer
My employer has made me paranoid but not THAT paranoid.
11-24-2014, 10:36 AM
#1170
Originally Posted by TopGear' timestamp='1416857208' post='23416574
[quote name='Roflcopter' timestamp='1416857047' post='23416567']
I have two WD black drives in raid 0 in my computer at home. I'll be boned if either drive were to fail, but I really don't have anything too important on there.
I have two WD black drives in raid 0 in my computer at home. I'll be boned if either drive were to fail, but I really don't have anything too important on there.
I have lots of photos I don't want to lose. I've already lost huge troves of pictures to drive failures twice in the past (shame on me...)
I store all my media on an external drive. I should probably back that up in case it decides to fail on me... again.
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Haha, yeah, ask me what kind of drives have failed and taken my media with them
Actually, I've never had an internal hard drive fail. The original drive in my 12yr old laptop still works fine, even. But both external drives I've owned have had short lives. Probably just coincidence. It's not like I repeatedly threw my external drives down the stairs or anything. My laptop drives probably had much harder lives.