Western Digital HD/2T Failure !!

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LMAO, so why say if one drive fails in raid1 your data is gone? Does't make sense does it?
For that reason I think your full of ****
 
MomentCapture said:
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LMAO, so why say if one drive fails in raid1 your data is gone? Does't make sense does it?
For that reason I think your full of ****
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in terms of mechanical failure, no as the other drive takes over

but if one drive gets corrupted then the other one is gone as it is mirrored, all data is lost
does that make sense?
 
MomentCapture said:
^^^
LMAO, so why say if one drive fails in raid1 your data is gone? Does't make sense does it?
For that reason I think your full of ****
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You've just earned yourself an infraction for that. We're going to be clamping down on unnecessarily rude replies like that. It's not on.
 
MomentCapture said:
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LMAO, so why say if one drive fails in raid1 your data is gone? Does't make sense does it?
For that reason I think your full of ****
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Now who doesn't know the difference....

They said if you get data corruption, using Raid1 your data is still lost. Which is true.

As said, it's not a backup method for data.
 
Lot of experience with hard drives over the years. Now I use only Samsung 5400rpm drives for backup, and keep TWO copies (not at the same location). They run very cool, and data transfer is quick. I've had one failure with Samsung that might have been due to the power supply on an external caddy - moral - don't use a 'cheap' one as the power supplies are rubbish. I use eSATA and an external dock. I find the NAS type devices way too slow. Any data that is critical goes to DVD also.

If you use a backup software (rather than just copying files) get a spare disk and make sure you prove that the restore works - sometimes you think you have a backup, but you don't. Hence I went for two disks, and keep the file copy routine simple.
 
blimey is this still going..

kartracer said:
I find the cheap NAS type devices way too slow.
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fixed that for you. agreed that some can be slow, my old netgear readynas NV+ were slow. however spent a bit more money on a Synology DS1010+ and LR accesses the RAW files from it over a gigabit LAN and its great.

remember kids, test your backups also. i heard a great one from an MS trainer where one of his clients in a previous job came to restore from a backup one day, the logs all reported the backups ran sucessfully, however the tapes were blank.
 
MomentCapture said:
Right, like that's not acceptable for an average Joe that previously had no backup...

Also why not cut the crap and admit raid1 with daily backup was more secure than the option the poster was currently using?
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no, because like i say its just as bad as no backup in most daily situations.

anyway im done arguing/trolling with you, i have stated my personal and professional opinion.
 
A few months ago I wanted to add a 2TB to one of my PCs.

I already had a WD "green" 1TB drive which did exactly what it said so was going to go for their 2TB drive.

However on reading a few negative comments on Amazon about the early failure of these drives went for the 2TB Samsun "green" one.

So far, apart from having a few problems caused by using it on XP, I have had no probs at all.

At least not with the drives - I'll put up my tale of what my last few days have been like due to a failure in my main PC later.

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anyone care to offer a solution for me.

I currently have 2x 1TB disk personal and work data internally in PC, this is sync daily to the bog standard win 7 back up utility on 2x 1TB eternal USB drives (so each hard disk has a seperate hdd to back up to) - i used to back up to an external backup drive for work that my colleague kept then eventually to optical media. DVD at present but gonig to BR soon.
 
I only just joined this site and reads like a girls school bathroom wall but my recommendation re back-ups is go buy a Drobo and forget about RAID...
 
off site would be good, less USB usuage something that myself and my colleague can update/modify remotley. (this would be great but not essential)

budget wise, something that is a good solution and worth the money. would like a few options. If i have to save i have to save. not really an area that i want to be left with a big flaw.
 
All HDDs fail... They're mechanical so it doesn't matter who makes they they'll fail so buy a platform which protects against single multiple drive failures with loss of data...
 
33L said:
off site would be good, less USB usuage something that myself and my colleague can update/modify remotley. (this would be great but not essential)

budget wise, something that is a good solution and worth the money. would like a few options. If i have to save i have to save. not really an area that i want to be left with a big flaw.
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have a read up to my rant, you could use a good fast NAS solution with backups to USB devices and/or blu-ray as an off site copy.
 
pstone said:
All HDDs fail... They're mechanical so it doesn't matter who makes they they'll fail so buy a platform which protects against single multiple drive failures with loss of data...
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Even then, that platform should also be backed up.
 
neil_g said:
have a read up to my rant, you could use a good fast NAS solution with backups to USB devices and/or blu-ray as an off site copy.
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Being a noob here, can i get a NAS with a ftp client type thing, i.e log in, dump data and retrieve it. (i guess i can protect it against deletion by some means?)
Would i need a static IP for this to work?
which NAS boxes would you recommend?

my idea is this.
take shots a wedding, back up to laptop & HDD at venue. so 3 areas of storage, either data from HDD or laptop uploads raws to NAS (directly or remotley) Add files to local hardrives for PP etc.. finally upload finsiherd files to NAS and burn to optical x2 (one at each location).

so in the end i could delete of local and have the full set of files on optical media and NAS box. Again 3 location of files.
 
33L said:
Being a noob here, can i get a NAS with a ftp client type thing, i.e log in, dump data and retrieve it. (i guess i can protect it against deletion by some means?)
Would i need a static IP for this to work?
which NAS boxes would you recommend?
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yes, no and synology (depends on your storage requirements as to which model(s)).

to expand on the IP point, you can register with a dynamic DNS company and if your router supports it enter the details there. you then get a joeblogs.dynamic.org type address to use.
 
I don't work for Data Robotics and wouldny invest in then... frankly they're and long way from being a great company... They are the Garmin of the NAS space, before Tom Tom came along and showed them how marketing is done, but their products do what you want and without any complexity.

They're solid and very cleverly designed and I'm sure as a company they'll ultimately fail because they're sales/marketing is flawed... I live in Singapore and one shop only has the distribution rights... The most professional photo equipment shop on the island... As such the units are stupid expensive...
 
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