RAID. No question. Or two individual drives each alternating full backups, which is what I do.
I just plugged in a new drive to replace an SSD that locked and wouldn’t write new backups. It failed a format attempt. I immediately ordered a replacement. Remember the rule: one is none.
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RAID. No question. Or two individual drives each alternating full backups, which is what I do.
I just plugged in a new drive to replace an SSD that locked and wouldn’t write new backups. It failed a format attempt. I immediately ordered a replacement. Remember the rule: one is none.
And for fucksake, have an offsite backup.
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