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Currently using a Drobo FS, which I love. It's a great device and suits all of my needs, including acting as a Time Machine backup for all of my Macs.
I'm debating an upgrade to the DroboPro FS. Partially because of the increased capacity, but also thanks to DroboSync, which won't run on the Drobo FS as far as I know. My plan is to have a DroboPro FS running for myself as well as one at my father's home setup with DroboSync so that any files I add to my own server will automatically be backed to his, letting me update his media center without having to drag a portable hard drive over and doing it manually.
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I don't back it up.... if I lose it.. i lose it... i'll live
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NickB.
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As others have mentioned, if it's all in the same machine it's storage - not a backup (NAS is no exception). I have a friend who had a Raid controller go bad and physically kill 8 SATA drives that were plugged into his server (how that's possible, I have no clue but it did happen). If your stuff is really worth being backed up (your call, not anyone else's) you need a second copy of it somewhere - ideally in a second location. When you need to expand buy 2x - simples - and there are plenty of ways to automate the syncing.
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My original media is my 'backup', but for storage / access I use a linux based file server with a pair of 3ware SATA RAID cards. I have 2 RAID5 arrays for a total of about 20Tb of storage.
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Since my media is under 2tb I have a NAS thats on most of the time and I have a external drive that I use as a back up.
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I dont backup movies/tv, it wastes space and costs money.
I have a 2tb NAS.
The internet is my backup.
A script runs every night that lists all the files on both 1tb drives outputs to a text file that is then synced to dropbox.
Any movie/tv show can always be replaced with usenet etc.
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I have a UnRaid system set up with 15 Hard drive bays only using 10 of them with 10.1 TB of space. I like it because it has the ability to loose any drive and rebuild the lost data. I also have it set up with Sick Beard, SABNzbd, and couch potato so it does all my downloading and sorting automatically. I would be willing to talk to anyone that is looking into Unraid, even going as far as making a custom system for you.