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Inb4 drive failure
3-2-1 backup rule
meh. i have triple redundancy including an offline set. cheap storage means cheap redundancy,
It's $100 for 4TB right now.
But once you factor in RAID and alternating offsite backups, it's really $400 for 4TB.
I go through all the older stuff I pulled from the internet. A lot of it can't be found now.
Eh, you can do off-site backups a bit cheaper than that, just bring a drive in to work and leave it in your desk. Boom, off-site backups for the cost of a drive. No need to alternate anything, just bring the drive home every few months to re-sync. Or keep that drive at a relative's/friend's house if work doesn't work for whatever reason.
I'm currently using a RAID mirror only, but I'm planning on doing the "bring your drive to work day" thing, and I think it can work really well. The drive should last something like 5 years (or more!), especially if you're only spinning it up a few times/year.
This is the best way. My locker at work has my offsite backup on an encrypted+compressed portable drive. I have two drives that alternate offsite so they are never all in the one spot.
There's currently little reason to choose SSDs over HDDs when you're talking about bulk storage for media. HDDs have plenty of R/W speed for this purpose and are a fraction of the price. New, you can buy 8TB drives for around $100 or used/refurbished (from somewhere like serverpartdeals.com) you can buy 14TB for $150 or even 20TB+ for $250.
My raid has an nvme bcache on it, so it's still fairly quick.
$100USD is just what it costs in Australia, because we get screwed for price over here.
yep, dirt cheap. all about perspective. my first hd was 40mb and cost 250$
e. oh, and you can get solid used 4tbs in bulk for ~60$ now
Haha remember when CD burners came out and a $5 CD-R had the capacity of a $200 HDD?
The kid with access to a CD burner was the king of the playground.