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Whats the best way to archive data long term while on a budget ? (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 year ago by gunpachi@lemmings.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I just need to preserve some old data that I have on my computers, so I was wondering what would be the best way to archive stuff long term.

Blu-ray disks ? Multiple HDDs ? What do you guys suggest ?

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[–] thepreciousboar@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just use raid6 instead of raid5 as ready to die disks could die simultaneously

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I once lost a RAID6 to a faulty power distributor in a server cause (lost 5 out of 12 disks). RAID is not a backup.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

But 1 disk failing and the array braking aint either.
This is about real time data not backup which should at best happen daily or bi-daily for really important data.

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After my experience with raid5 and the WD Green 2TB drives that were so fragile that the vibrations of 6 drives in the same case is enough to kill them resulting in 2 drives dying at same time wiping out my entire media collection...yeah, use raid6, with another server holding a raid6 array as continuous backup.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Read the data spec for how many in an array?
Literally the reason for WD RED NAS and NAS Pro (beyond some other tech specs).

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bought these before the red drives even existed.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not a reason to not read the data spec.
If they not mention it there, it can be expected to run it in a single bay environment and not in an array environment.

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

https://hardforum.com/threads/those-using-wd-green-hdds-in-raid5-6-how-are-they-holding-up-after-1-year.1665490/

These drives had a high failure rate whether they were in a raid array or just on their own. I get that they weren't designed for raid, but just using them in an array didn't cause them to fail.