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I am almost finished ripping all of my cd's in flac, properly tagged, etc... I wanted to get them all in that format, so I would have a lossless copy to make various compressed copies of for portable devices. As I have put alot of work into this, I need a sound backup strategy. It is on a 750 gig drive. I thought of just getting a second one and running Microsofts folder sync each night to keep them in sync.

At some point, I will also be ripping dvd's. I want all my media to be accessible on my 360's, etc...

Or, would moving to whs serve me better. I would like to maintain at least two backups. One internal and one to a usb drive.

What would you storage geniuses suggest?
 
My FLAC collection is on my WHS with folder duplication and an external eSATA drive.

I figure it will take somekinda thermal-nuclear holocost to lose every copy....and in that case, I wouldn't care. :)
 
If you just have the music the folder sync I would say is sufficient but when you start dvds it will be nice to have them on a WHS that what I do and my xbox htpcs all access the media from there. It makes things very neat and simple
Highly reccommend WHS
 
Well, if you want to live dangerously, then you can leave your backup online all the time. Chances are, something bad wont happen. Right.

A Raid 1 solution like WHS, while pretty good and very convenient, will not protect you from a virus infection, or a major lightning strike or power hit.

Most people find that properly backing up your ripped DVDs to be too expensive or time consuming. Here is why.

To properly back up data, you need AT LEAST 2 offline copies. The most common time to find problems with your data is during a backup. If you were in the middle of overwriting a corrupt file during a backup, then you just killed your backup during the backup process. I'm a bit drunk right now, but does that make sense.

If you have 2 copies, then if you rotate the copies, then there is a good chance of your data surviving an event like this.

You will need to determine how much your data is worth, and how much time and money you are willing to invest to protect it.

Don
 
DonDon said:
Well, if you want to live dangerously, then you can leave your backup online all the time. Chances are, something bad wont happen. Right.

A Raid 1 solution like WHS, while pretty good and very convenient, will not protect you from a virus infection, or a major lightning strike or power hit.

Most people find that properly backing up your ripped DVDs to be too expensive or time consuming. Here is why.

To properly back up data, you need AT LEAST 2 offline copies. The most common time to find problems with your data is during a backup. If you were in the middle of overwriting a corrupt file during a backup, then you just killed your backup during the backup process. I'm a bit drunk right now, but does that make sense.

If you have 2 copies, then if you rotate the copies, then there is a good chance of your data surviving an event like this.

You will need to determine how much your data is worth, and how much time and money you are willing to invest to protect it.

Don
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Normally a sound backup solution requires two offline copies...but that is typically for *important* data...AKA not cd's or dvd movies.
Also the act of ripping a CD or DVD is making a backup.
The chance of an original disc that sits in its case becoming corrupt?:rolleyes: Seriously.

If this were say your business or financial data then WHS is not a good solution. But for Home media its a pretty damn solid solution IMO
 
You could always burn the files to DVD media too, can't hurt. All my FLAC files (over 85 DVDs worth) are safe and sound, with PAR files on each DVD just in case some tiny little scratch gives me a hassle - I can still recover the files with up to 30% of 'em missing... per DVD...

Took some time to do it over the years, but... I'd rather have stuff on DVD and "lose" a few gigs of content with a bad disc or a huge amount of damage than lose an entire collection in a second flat if a drive chokes and pukes...
 
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