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Get a NAS and start de-Googling yourself.
But I like Googling myself
In liz' office
How else you gonna do it?
Don't forget to make backups!
A raid counts as a backup, right?
LMAO Yes! Exactly in the same way that walking backwards towards a cliff counts as backing up. Technically it is a backup, but in practice a disaster is imminent lol.
RAID is redundancy. It saves your data if a or two drive fail, but does not help you if the entire RAID system dies (power surge, fire, water damage). Generally if it is on the same system it is not a backup.
It's on my todo list I swear
After Christmas, I think I'm going to spec out a simple two drive 10tb RAID server running a pair of K80s so I can run my NAS and my models on one beefy machine and have all my backups automagically when I am home.
A raid is not a backup.
But also look at Unraid and maybe more, smaller drives.
Fair point. I'll probably run a RAID5 with extra drives and replicate to a cloud location for DR. Should be more than sufficient for my needs and the rate I generate data. I haven't done any specing out yet -- just brainstorming.
I'm new to the scene. If a raid isn't a backup, then what is?
It provides redundancy in case a drive fails, but there's no protection if you accidentally delete a file. That's why they say "RAID is not a backup."
Something where your files won't disappear due to a single errant command or ransomware.
Raid can be redundancy, backup is when the data is offsite(be it cloud or drive offsite) to prevent situations like fires or floods from destroying your data. If all your data is in the same place, its still not safe
Doesn't help me when I'm 200km from home and need that file or note or picture.....
Actually it does. I have a nasPi running openmediavault with portforward and i can get access it anywhere in the world. Japan, usa, eu it doesn't matter as long as there is internet.
Don't wanna fiddle with the tech stuff. Get a Synology and make your life easier. Best thing is you can upgrade it yourself. No longer bound by 200gb or 1tb but all the way to 10tb and more! With redundancy as well. No this not an ad for Synology but damn does it work good.
What you're saying is technically true but do you know what was a horrible experience?
A few weeks ago when I, in Japan, needed to download many 5+ Gb project files I had backed up on my home server in the US after a hard drive failure and I was hamstrung by my shitty domestic up speed limit.
At least with large web file hosts like Google, iCloud, and mega you're not restricted by your inferior domestic upload speeds. Being able to access the server from anywhere is only half the battle
Or you could rent a server from a hosting provider and keep your data there. Not as safe and private as self hosted, but still better than google drive or similar.
This is just you being a contrarian and rubbing Google's shoulders.
How is acknowledging a bad connection by your ISP contrarian? Are you saying his problems do not exist?
You can remotely access anything from anywhere with some setup
Oh really? Hmm I guess me being able to access all my files anytime, anywhere is just some kind of magic that only I know! I'm a wizard!
Seriously? How's it doing that without exposing your home network?
Exposing isn't the same thing as being insecure. You can setup things like a reverse proxy to help secure yourself.
Sure it does.