Originally Posted By: tfabris
Or they can Just Die if they're Seagates.


Or any other brand you care to mention. Everyone has horror stories with different brands.

You should have at least three copies of data you care about: (1) the one you're using; (2) a backup; (3) another backup, stored somewhere else. You should rotate these periodically. And remember: it's not a backup process unless you regularly test the restore process. For my Windows Server box, I use BackupAssist, with "Daily 1", "Daily 2", "Weekly 1" and "Weekly 2" disks in rotation. The "Weekly 1" and "Weekly 2" disks alternately live in a cupboard in the Electric Imp office in Cambridge. I don't test the restore as often as I should, though.

There's nothing on my NAS box that I particularly care about, though it would be a PITA to re-rip all of my DVDs and BDs, so I am considering setting it up to back up to Amazon Glacier. Everything that I care about on my Linux box is in GitHub...
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