OT: 119th Obsequious Banter Thread: April Foods Day

April Foods: Which food is/are among your favorite(s)? (Pick up to three)


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Beef Invictus

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Lord Defect

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Last year my wife had a drive die on her and she was unable to recover anything off of it. So I got to thinking that I could get her two drives, one as a backup, but I’ve realized that technology has left me behind.
She uses a MacBook, takes most of her photos on an iPhone but occasionally uses a DSLR.
What’s the best set up to go about storage an ungodly amount of photos and have a back up? Two external hard drives? An internal hard drive (or two) in its(their) own case with an external back up?
I believe my wife wants a set up that is offline. It would only be used to store family photos/movies.
 

Lord Defect

Secretary of Blowtorching
Nov 13, 2013
18,938
35,030
Last year my wife had a drive die on her and she was unable to recover anything off of it. So I got to thinking that I could get her two drives, one as a backup, but I’ve realized that technology has left me behind.
She uses a MacBook, takes most of her photos on an iPhone but occasionally uses a DSLR.
What’s the best set up to go about storage an ungodly amount of photos and have a back up? Two external hard drives? An internal hard drive (or two) in its(their) own case with an external back up?
I believe my wife wants a set up that is offline. It would only be used to store family photos/movies.
When I say best, I don’t mean top of the line. Best for its price point and its use.
Along with the set up, what’s the brand(s) to go for?

*tortilla blanket

There’s no proof there’s anything inside. Don’t f***ing lie to me.
It’s a tortilla blanket until someone wraps themself up in it.
 

Beef Invictus

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Dec 21, 2009
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Last year my wife had a drive die on her and she was unable to recover anything off of it. So I got to thinking that I could get her two drives, one as a backup, but I’ve realized that technology has left me behind.
She uses a MacBook, takes most of her photos on an iPhone but occasionally uses a DSLR.
What’s the best set up to go about storage an ungodly amount of photos and have a back up? Two external hard drives? An internal hard drive (or two) in its(their) own case with an external back up?
I believe my wife wants a set up that is offline. It would only be used to store family photos/movies.

RAID array. RAID 10, if my memory isn't shit, is probably going to be the best choice for preventing data loss. This will be perfect for offline storage.

You'll need a RAID controller and I think at least 4 drives.
 

ajgoal

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Everything is written in Greek.
RAID is a method of using multiple hard drives to either expand the total storage while treating them as one device, or (sometimes and) providing redundancy in the case of hard drive failure.

The simplest version is a pure mirror - one hard drive holds exactly the same information as another. Other versions chop up the HDD storage and then combine them into one big virtual drive. Sometimes these are set up in such a way that the loss of one drive doesn't result in catastrophic data loss - the data can be reassembled when the drive is replaced, but these methods are not really meant for redundancy.

Honestly, the simplest method is probably just an external backup. They typically plug into a USB port and have configuration software that you use to identify which area(s) of your hard drive(s) you want to back up onto them, and then set the frequency of the backup. They'll pull the files on a regular basis and you can restore directly off of them if something happens.
 

Beef Invictus

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Dec 21, 2009
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RAID is a method of using multiple hard drives to either expand the total storage while treating them as one device, or (sometimes and) providing redundancy in the case of hard drive failure.

The simplest version is a pure mirror - one hard drive holds exactly the same information as another. Other versions chop up the HDD storage and then combine them into one big virtual drive. Sometimes these are set up in such a way that the loss of one drive doesn't result in catastrophic data loss - the data can be reassembled when the drive is replaced, but these methods are not really meant for redundancy.

Honestly, the simplest method is probably just an external backup. They typically plug into a USB port and have configuration software that you use to identify which area(s) of your hard drive(s) you want to back up onto them, and then set the frequency of the backup. They'll pull the files on a regular basis and you can restore directly off of them if something happens.

Stop that. I want to make him do something complex. It'll be good for him.
 

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