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MayContainVennom

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    MayContainVennom reacted to EmeraldFlame in Backing Up   
    I have a lot of data that is extremely precious, family photos and videos along with some client files for freelancing web-dev that I have done, so my storage solution is a bit more grand than what most people have.
    I built a small home server with 4x3TB RAID 5 array.So 12TB total with about 9TB of that being usable space. I then use Macrium Reflect on my workstation and laptop. It does weekly backups of those machines to my server. Then my server uses crashplan to encrypt and upload everything to cloud storage as off-site backup in case the apartment or something burned down. I'd like to do daily backups but the fastest consumer grade internet upload speed available to me is 5Mbps and it just can't handle it.
    This set up gives me a few instances of backup and fault tolerance. If a file gets messed up on my workstation, I can grab another copy off the server. If an HDD fails completely in the workstation, I replace the drive and restore from the server, windows and all is backed up. If a drive in the server goes out, replace it and the RAID 5 will rebuild. If catastrophic were to happen like fire, earthquake, flooding, etc. and take out both workstation and server. I build a new computer, and download everything from crashplan. It isn't an absolutely 100% perfect solution, but for my use it's about as good as I am willing to spend to get up to. All told I've invested probably about $1000 so far, most of that was strictly storage $100 each for the WD Red 3TB drives + $250 for a used LSI 9266-8i raid controller. So $650 of my $1000 was just hard drives and the controller. Within the next year or so I will probably migrate this to an 8x3TB RAID 6 which should give me about 18TB of usable space with double fault tolerance.
    This setup is likely overkill for most people. If you have less than 4TB of data. I would buy an external drive and backup to it regularly and seriously consider crashplan. It isn't that expensive ($60 a year unlimited space) and if a natural disaster happens you can still get your data.
     
     
    Dear god man go get a back up solution now. Doing daily defrags and clean up work WILL NOT EXTEND THE LIFE OF YOUR DRIVE. In fact in many instances it will shorten it. If that drive goes south, you will lose data go get a backup.
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    MayContainVennom reacted to Master Disaster in BT Home Hub 2   
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    MayContainVennom reacted to Xenift in HOW TO CREATE A WEBSITE HOSTING SERVER?   
    Yeah that seems to be.
     
     
    Well creating a website physically in your house is difficult, I would not recommend it to you if you are starting out.
    As @MayContainVennom Suggests, companies like squarespace make it easier, but assuming from your post you might not want to pay for it and just want it to run "free" on your computer.
    If you really want the free route, then take lessons in making websites, its well worth as an investment and nothing can go wrong .
    Lynda.com to learn, remember to use offer code wan(I think) if you want to save money
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    MayContainVennom reacted to Enderman in Half my Hard Drive space is gone   
    check with windirstat
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    MayContainVennom got a reaction from TouchMad in Any way I could get a 12v changer for Razer Blade 14?   
    Have you treid to contact Razer? I'm sure they will have a solution for you
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    MayContainVennom got a reaction from Bittenfleax in [Linux] Public Key issues   
    Running through it with a freind of mine that has done it before.
     
    Thanks for you help guys
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    MayContainVennom reacted to SteveG12543 in Post Linus Memes Here! << -Original thread has returned   
    First one I've done lol. 
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    MayContainVennom reacted to rossi94 in Post Linus Memes Here! << -Original thread has returned   
    I know it's not a Linus meme .. 
     

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    MayContainVennom reacted to Testbuilds in What do you do for a living? (trollable)   
    I spread thermal paste on my friends' sandwiches
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    MayContainVennom reacted to Slick in What do you do for a living? (trollable)   
    I am a test subject for a sleep deprivation experiment
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    MayContainVennom reacted to GamerDude in Mechanical keyboard, What should I get next   
    Well, why wait when the DS II is pretty damn good already? ^_^  I've recently started on this mech KB journey and I'm hooked I'd tried a few different kinds of switches for a few days at a local gaming and peripheral shop I go to (the owner knows me as I've bought tons of peripherals and games over the years) and decided on red. Bought two mech KB's from him, but he does not have Ducky........CM, Rosewill, Tt, Corsair, filco, but no Ducky. I had to search like mad for a Ducky Shine YOtD and 78 Version as I'd want a limited edition KB. Decided on the 78 Version, pricey but worth every penny! I love the feel of the KB with its 7 different colors, and 8 different types of switches. Here's a pic of it, I sometimes power up my main rig to surf the net, and enjoy looking at the KB with the the keys lit up........awesome! :D

     
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    MayContainVennom reacted to MathijsZ77 in My Very First Build   
    This is my first build (in progress).
    Tomorrow, if everything goes A-Okay, my NZXT Sleeved LED (2M, White) will arrive.
    I'm also saving money for a graphics card and maybe a new PSU which is fully modular like the AX series from Corsair so that I can get some sleeved cables for the rig. 
     
    Components:
     
    Case: Corsair 600T White Edition Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z77 PSU: Corsair CX750M CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 8 GB - 2133 MHz Boot Drive: Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series 128 GB Hard Drive: WD Black 1.0 TB  
     
    Let's see some pictures.
     





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