RAID? Was: PATA hard disks, anyone?

[Chuck Guzis]

On 03/28/2018 10:17 AM, Ethan via cctalk wrote:
>> I know of no RAID setup that can save me >from stupid.
> 
> I use rsync. I manually rsync the working disks to the backup disks
> every week or two. Working disks have the shares to other hosts. If
> something happens to that data, deleted by accident or encrypted by
> malware. Meh.

I don't even use rsync.   I have a duplicate system just off to my left
installed with the same software.   Every time I reach a "good enough"
point, I simply do a "tar czf ..." on my work area and ftp the resulting
code to the other machine.  i.e., it's basically a "rolling" backup.

The second system is always one set of system updates behind the current
one, which provides some insurance.

Should disaster strike, I need only use my other system with the latest
backup and I'm back up and running in a matter minutes.

But that still doesn't save me from stupid.  A second cup of coffee
could do that...


--Chuck