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Media Drive in htpc on last leg, what to do for backup?

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I use a lenobo business class tower I got for free as a media server at home. I have a 250gb boot drive, and a 2tb drive for my movies/tv that get served throughout the house and to family elsewhere via Plex. I got home today and noticed that the media drive was missing. I got home and after some tear down and reassembly miraculously it showed up again however I'm worried it's not going to last much longer. I have about 100 movies and maybe 50 complete shows, so I want to avoid losing this.  What would be my best solution? 

 

My thought was to get 2 4TB red drives, and have one backup the other or be a clone in a raid setup, but did some reading that raid isn't good to use for this setup? What would be my best option to have some periodic backup of one drive that is left on and used pretty frequently 24/7. thanks in advance!

If it's affordable, I personally think a straight backup is the best route. If you are just using the second drive for backing up, a red isn't necessary for the second drive. RAID 1 is not really a backup. You would need to create a scheduled backup for your system if you want it to be automatic.

Have you considered that it's not the hard drive failing? Either way it seems that at least having a backup is important to your needs.

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Hi everyone,

 

I use a lenobo business class tower I got for free as a media server at home. I have a 250gb boot drive, and a 2tb drive for my movies/tv that get served throughout the house and to family elsewhere via Plex. I got home today and noticed that the media drive was missing. I got home and after some tear down and reassembly miraculously it showed up again however I'm worried it's not going to last much longer. I have about 100 movies and maybe 50 complete shows, so I want to avoid losing this.  What would be my best solution? 

 

My thought was to get 2 4TB red drives, and have one backup the other or be a clone in a raid setup, but did some reading that raid isn't good to use for this setup? What would be my best option to have some periodic backup of one drive that is left on and used pretty frequently 24/7. thanks in advance!

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Hi everyone,

 

I use a lenobo business class tower I got for free as a media server at home. I have a 250gb boot drive, and a 2tb drive for my movies/tv that get served throughout the house and to family elsewhere via Plex. I got home today and noticed that the media drive was missing. I got home and after some tear down and reassembly miraculously it showed up again however I'm worried it's not going to last much longer. I have about 100 movies and maybe 50 complete shows, so I want to avoid losing this.  What would be my best solution? 

 

My thought was to get 2 4TB red drives, and have one backup the other or be a clone in a raid setup, but did some reading that raid isn't good to use for this setup? What would be my best option to have some periodic backup of one drive that is left on and used pretty frequently 24/7. thanks in advance!

If it's affordable, I personally think a straight backup is the best route. If you are just using the second drive for backing up, a red isn't necessary for the second drive. RAID 1 is not really a backup. You would need to create a scheduled backup for your system if you want it to be automatic.

Have you considered that it's not the hard drive failing? Either way it seems that at least having a backup is important to your needs.

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The computer itself is less than 6 months old, but the drive has been in several computers. I think I'll get 1 drive for now for a scheduled backup like you mentioned, and then when the original completely dies i'll replace it with a red. Thanks!

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