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Why use such drives instead of like a NAS that you can access remotely? Isn't this more hasstle?
by ClumsyPilot 4y ago
Why use such drives instead of like a NAS that you can access remotely? Isn't this more hasstle?
- bombcar 4y agoOff-line backups prevent entire classes of issues; for example, off-line backups can't be destroyed by a virus or ransomware attack.
- 0xCMP 4y agoIt is likely to protect against accidental or malicious modification of the data. eg ransomware. Also not being "in use" makes it less likely to have a mechanical failure.
- MarkusWandel 4y agoTo me these hard disks are one step removed from optical backups, which I used to make. The more "offline" the better. Even the currently local set is kept unplugged between updates. Also keeping a NAS at another location means having internet access at that location. The work network/firewall would not permit this use, for one thing.