how much backing up would you do of a media server? - eviltoast

I have a nas with 2x10tb drives. I mostly just have music, movies and tv shows on it.

People talk about raid not being a backup, but is that relevant for non-original data? I mean I can always get the media again if need be. It would just be an inconvenience.

What would you do?

  • ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    18·
    11 months ago

    You think you can get the media again if need be.

    Depending on how large your collection is, would you remember every item in it? How much effort did you put into organizing it?

    IME it’s far more of an inconvenience and expense rebuilding data from scratch than properly backing it up. And the peace of mind from a robust, tried and true DR process is golden.

    • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      You think you can get the media again if need be.

      Well that’s my usual approach however we now live in the world of censored tv shows by netflix meaning some of the new media you may get might not be the original thing. :(