[Leaplist] Re: Refurbished Hard Drive

[Bryan J. Smith]

And that works too.

Removable 2.5" fixed disk.
Removable 2.5" NAND EEPROM.
Removable USB NAND EEPROM.
Others ... (not against LTO tape either)

It's really a matter of preference and storage requirements.
I just don't recommend people go without an off-line boot.



----- Original Message ----
From: Phil Barnett <philb at philb.us>

On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 13:32 -0800, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> And we come full circle ... ;)
> 
> Again, I use internal, removable, trayless, hot-swap 2.5" drives.  ;)
> They can go anywhere I go.  And a sub-$5 rubber cover works well.
> 
> - On-line recovery:  RAID, snapshots, etc...
> - Near-line recovery:  Backup server, remote server, etc...
> - Off-line recovery:  Removable media (and taken remotely)
> 
> I wouldn't recommend people do all three (3), or at least on-line + off-line
> (although adding near-line adds major convenience) if I haven't seen people
> get burned by doing otherwise.
> 
> I swear, honestly, when you read my posts ... there is a "method-to-my-madness"
> ... even if it takes several years to learn how and why!  @-ppp

My really really important files are on several thumb drives in
disparate locations. Encrypted.

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