Setting up simple data backup help?

[TAK17]

Hello, so i am trying to setup a backup, but somehow cant find the solution/guide i am looking for, since they either talk about windows backup, a NAS or say that my initial plan is not that good. My initial plan was to use RAID 1, but then i read people saying that it isnt a good backup and doesnt help against data corruption etc.

 

I have 2 NVME drives each 4TB, these dont need a backup (one of those is my boot drive), since they contain only games which i can easily download again. I bought 2 additional BX500 SATA SSDs each 2TB  which i want to use as my backups, as i said my intitial plan was putting these 2x in a RAID 1 array (so 2TB of space in total), but am not sure if i should continue with this option or if there are better options out there. I would only be backing up pictures, private DATA, books, reasearch stuff, UNI stuff, banking etc. on those drives.

 

So my questions are:

 

Should i use RAID 1?

 

Is there any way against data corruption?

 

Should i use BIOS raid setup or windows raid setup?

 

if i should not use RAID 1, what other good options are there?

 

 

 

Specs:

CPU: 7800X3D

RAM: 32gb

MOBO: MSI B650 Tomahawk

Strorage: Crucial P3 4TB, WD Black SN850X, 2x BX500 SATA SSD 2TB

 

 

[Blue4130]

25 minutes ago, TAK17 said:

Hello, so i am trying to setup a backup, but somehow cant find the solution/guide i am looking for, since they either talk about windows backup, a NAS or say that my initial plan is not that good. My initial plan was to use RAID 1, but then i read people saying that it isnt a good backup and doesnt help against data corruption etc.

 

I have 2 NVME drives each 4TB, these dont need a backup (one of those is my boot drive), since they contain only games which i can easily download again. I bought 2 additional BX500 SATA SSDs each 2TB  which i want to use as my backups, as i said my intitial plan was putting these 2x in a RAID 1 array (so 2TB of space in total), but am not sure if i should continue with this option or if there are better options out there. I would only be backing up pictures, private DATA, books, reasearch stuff, UNI stuff, banking etc. on those drives.

 

So my questions are:

 

Should i use RAID 1?

 

Is there any way against data corruption?

 

Should i use BIOS raid setup or windows raid setup?

 

if i should not use RAID 1, what other good options are there?

 

 

 

Specs:

CPU: 7800X3D

RAM: 32gb

MOBO: MSI B650 Tomahawk

Strorage: Crucial P3 4TB, WD Black SN850X, 2x BX500 SATA SSD 2TB

 

 

If it stays in your machine, then it isn't a backup. Raid is not a backup, it is redundancy giving you more uptime. If you want a proper backup, get a m.2 usb enclosure, back up to that and then put the drive somewhere safe when you aren't using it.

 

But then there is the whole thing about SSD's not being the best for archival data....

[TAK17]

1 hour ago, Blue4130 said:

If it stays in your machine, then it isn't a backup. Raid is not a backup, it is redundancy giving you more uptime. If you want a proper backup, get a m.2 usb enclosure, back up to that and then put the drive somewhere safe when you aren't using it.

 

But then there is the whole thing about SSD's not being the best for archival data....

i do backup the data to a external place, but i want the data on my main PC to be as "safe" as possible from a suprise hardware failure since thats the place that will experience most wear