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I have a few drives with video files and I use Backblaze for Windows. But there is no local redundancy. What is a better solution?

by Siecje 7y ago

OedipusRex 7y ago
RAID
- pnutjam 7y ago
  RAID give you in time redundancy, so your system doesn't fail while your working. Most home users don't need this, it's cheaper and better to sync to a 2nd drive nightly. This gives you a local backup and redundancy, because you can swap to that drive if your first drive fails. If you're doing RAID, you still need a local and offsite backup.
  - Siecje 7y ago
    How do you sync nightly? If a file is corrupted or a bit is flipped are you copying over a good copy?
    - pnutjam 7y ago
      I sync on linux, btrfs lets me take snapshots after each sync. I currently use rsync, but I'm thinking of setting my primary drive to btrfs so I can use btrfs sync. I used to do this with windows. Yeah, if you have corruption, you copy it, but so does a raid? At least this way your safe from fat finger errors and you have a quick access backup.
bristleworm 7y ago
All my data is on a Synology NAS. Can't think of anything better.
- Siecje 7y ago
  Do you have an online/off-site backup?
  - rufio 7y ago
    (not OP) I have three of them (two off site backing up the primary) and it works great once you get it all set up!
- decoyworker 7y ago
  I was considering picking up one of these but they seem incredibly overpriced for the specs listed.
  - rufio 7y ago
    in my experience it's really really really worth it, though.
  - vel0city 7y ago
    When you're buying a Synology you're not just buying hardware but also a pretty dang solid software suite. I've used several NAS products along with FreeNAS, Windows File Services, and plain old Samba. Synology has always been just about the easiest to use with excellent mobile and web apps for accessing your files on the go. It all depends on what you're really wanting out of your NAS.
atYevP 7y ago
Yev from Backblaze here -> If you have a lot of data (over 4TB) I'd recommend a local NAS or a simple Drobo to hold the data locally in addition to Backblaze for the computer. If you get a NAS we're integrated with a few NAS vendors with B2 cloud Storage so you can also have those NAS systems directly moving data to B2 as well (separate cost structure - but good stuff).
- Siecje 7y ago
  Are you saying to have a copy on the computer and also a NAS? How do you keep them in sync? With 4TB and the price being $0.005/GB per month[0] that's $20 per month. 0: https://www.backblaze.com/business-nas-backup.html https://www.backblaze.com/business-nas-backup.html
kogir 7y ago
On Windows, Storage Spaces works pretty well.

I have a few drives with video files and I use Backblaze for Windows. But there is no local redundancy. What is a better solution?

by Siecje 7y ago

I have a few drives with video files and I use Backblaze for Windows. But there is no local redundancy. What is a better solution?

OedipusRex 7y ago

RAID

pnutjam 7y ago
RAID give you in time redundancy, so your system doesn't fail while your working. Most home users don't need this, it's cheaper and better to sync to a 2nd drive nightly. This gives you a local backup and redundancy, because you can swap to that drive if your first drive fails. If you're doing RAID, you still need a local and offsite backup.
- Siecje 7y ago
  How do you sync nightly? If a file is corrupted or a bit is flipped are you copying over a good copy?
  - pnutjam 7y ago
    I sync on linux, btrfs lets me take snapshots after each sync. I currently use rsync, but I'm thinking of setting my primary drive to btrfs so I can use btrfs sync. I used to do this with windows. Yeah, if you have corruption, you copy it, but so does a raid? At least this way your safe from fat finger errors and you have a quick access backup.

bristleworm 7y ago

All my data is on a Synology NAS. Can't think of anything better.

Siecje 7y ago
Do you have an online/off-site backup?
- rufio 7y ago
  (not OP) I have three of them (two off site backing up the primary) and it works great once you get it all set up!
decoyworker 7y ago
I was considering picking up one of these but they seem incredibly overpriced for the specs listed.
- rufio 7y ago
  in my experience it's really really really worth it, though.
- vel0city 7y ago
  When you're buying a Synology you're not just buying hardware but also a pretty dang solid software suite. I've used several NAS products along with FreeNAS, Windows File Services, and plain old Samba. Synology has always been just about the easiest to use with excellent mobile and web apps for accessing your files on the go. It all depends on what you're really wanting out of your NAS.

atYevP 7y ago

Yev from Backblaze here -> If you have a lot of data (over 4TB) I'd recommend a local NAS or a simple Drobo to hold the data locally in addition to Backblaze for the computer. If you get a NAS we're integrated with a few NAS vendors with B2 cloud Storage so you can also have those NAS systems directly moving data to B2 as well (separate cost structure - but good stuff).

Siecje 7y ago
Are you saying to have a copy on the computer and also a NAS? How do you keep them in sync? With 4TB and the price being $0.005/GB per month[0] that's $20 per month. 0: https://www.backblaze.com/business-nas-backup.html https://www.backblaze.com/business-nas-backup.html

kogir 7y ago

On Windows, Storage Spaces works pretty well.