On Tue, 01 Mar 2016 23:24:18 GMT, Free Agent <freeagent@nospam.com> wrote
> I'm losing my second Seagate Expansion drive in under a year and want
> to rethink my options.
>
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> Am curious how others are storing their videos and what sort of backup
> systems are being used.
I use Synology NASs (not in RAID) as short term, offline backup. Long term
backup is on DVD/BDR. I keep a catalog (titles,size,location) of local
drives, NASs and DVDs in case of failures.
Hard drives fail.
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-long-do-disk-drives-last/
DVDs fail, less often, verify discs when writing.
Usenet is good for backup for the last 7 years ;-)
http://www.nzbking.com/poster/freeagent%40home.com%20%28Free%20Agent%29/
as long as you have multiple, maximum retention providers on different
backbones.
Just my 2c.
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fred
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