On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:58:07 +0100 mick mbm@rlogin.net wrote:
On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:52:28 +0100 Chris Walker alug_cdw@the-walker-household.co.uk allegedly wrote:
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2009 is a long time ago. Time to upgrade. :-)
I didn't realise it was so long ago until I started looking for the receipt. It's stored as a scanned image on the NAS ;-)
But of course you have a backup copy... :-)
Isn't that what RAID is for?
So, as you might well assume from the previous line, no I don't have another copy as I've always trusted RAID to deliver everything for me. I'm beginning to see the error of my ways though.
I'd agree with Steve. If you wish to continue to use a separate NAS, then build a PC to hold the disks and copy the data to new disks. I've had success with both debian and ubuntu in both raid 1 and 5. My current NAS uses 4 * 2 TB disks in a raid 5 array (backed up to a 6 TB USB disk) built using ubuntu server 16.04. (Incidentally, if you haven't already seen it, the "Wintel Guy" has a useful site at http://wintelguy.com/raidcalc.pl giving all sorts of useful info about raid configurations.)
Thanks. I'll take a look at that site. I'm tending to move to the 'build a PC for NAS' idea. I've looked at small(ish) cases and now need to start looking for suitable motherboards and power supplies.
Noel Galer suggested that I look on ebay for a replacement Edimax NAS box. Been there, done that, but all the t-shirts were sold out.
You don't want an old T shirt anyway.
I've already got plenty :-)
I think the drives hold something like 850GB of files of all sorts.
Given that, I'd go for 2 * 2 TB disks in raid 1.
Ok. Assuming that's the route I take, and adopt your maxim of backing that up to a large USB disc, can I automate that? I don't mind copying stuff to a NAS but then don't want to have to go to the trouble of copying stuff to a USB disc as well. The reason I want it to be automatic is that I know things will be overlooked if they're not.
P.S. I remembered to copy this to the list as well this time!