Thought it might be interesting to get a take on how and what HW peeps are using for local and remote storage and backups. Not software, a survey of HW options & system designs with recovery and data security plans. We all know HW -WILL- Fail. Learnt the hard way a couple of times: multiple fail points: HDDs collapse without warning, powerunits fritz, UPS systems have a lifespan, batteries fail, software goes walkabout. Cloud systems better than they were. We all need local and offsite data security and immediate recovery options. Me at my microbusines: 2 Desktops and 2 laptops : networked, onsite server and NAS, contract with onshore remote secure cloud backup on a schedule. All devices have bootable updated images. Can recover from local or remote backups. Have recently made a full recovery from partially successful ransomware attack within 4 hours. At home: Desktops, Laptops, cabled and wifi meshed. All systems have bootable recovery environments. All systems are imaged on a schedule to a 4 bay NAS ( hot swappable, hybrid RAID) with active syncing to USB HDD. Personal archives on the NAS , USB & Cloud Offsite/Remote backup of NAS on regular schedule. On ocassions I havethought about a 2 drive raid 1 NAS between the 4 bay and the USB HDD. Whatever "system" I have in place has been cobbled together incrementally over the years. It feels a bit clumsy. I'm sure there are better options. Have had may HW & SW fails in that time,but have always had some sort of backup of personal and business data. ( LOL; even if only a very tight grip on a USB stick !!) Luckily to now, haven't had a bad data loss experience. Anybody got any streamlining suggestions? Better templates? Regards LB
While you are not talking about software i have found hdsentinel pretty good at predicting hdd failures but not my first SSD failure.
