Drives with super low failure rates
- Thread starter Farore
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The failure rates of modern drives are pretty much the same across all brands, how it's handled after manufacture has more bearing on its eventual lifespan.
At the end of the day a failure of a backup drive is not a big deal, you still have the original data. Just don't leave testing that the backup still works until the day the primary copy dies
At the end of the day a failure of a backup drive is not a big deal, you still have the original data. Just don't leave testing that the backup still works until the day the primary copy dies
It's called RAID 1.
I'm sure countless people have said this already, but RAID 1 does not count. RAID 1 is an availability solution, not a backup solution. What if you accidentally delete a file from that wonderful RAID 1 of yours? What if the PSU blows and kills both disks?
Mind you, I'm guilty as charged. I use a RAID 1 array for that very purpose. Soon to be backed up via Drobo. Given the age of the array (controller is over five years old), I expect to be left with just the Drobo at some point, at which point I'm back to square one, at which point the Drobo will crash and burn and I'll lose the lot (I've already had one fatality but that was my own doing).
Do as I say, not as I do.
Mind you, I'm guilty as charged. I use a RAID 1 array for that very purpose. Soon to be backed up via Drobo. Given the age of the array (controller is over five years old), I expect to be left with just the Drobo at some point, at which point I'm back to square one, at which point the Drobo will crash and burn and I'll lose the lot (I've already had one fatality but that was my own doing).
Do as I say, not as I do.
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