[mythtv-users] warning for anyone with western digital green drives

[Jeff Siddall]

On 02/16/2012 12:45 PM, PJR wrote:
> Jeff, I really want a totally self contained backup system, ie one that
> runs on the FE/BE server not on another machine. I also need the backup
> to be scheduled by waking up on RTC alarm (as is the FE/BE server for
> recordings). As I said I thought RAID was a 'simple' answer to my
> requirements but it seems it isn't.

BackupPC is just a software package so it is definitely a contained 
backup system.  Since you already stated you have room for RAID1 I would 
highly recommend using the 2nd RAID drive you had planned as a backup 
drive.  Also consider that backups are not real-time and are more about 
sustained transfer so you can readily use cheaper/slower drives (like 
green drives).

The only downside I can think of to BackupPC is that it probably has a 
steeper learning curve than RAID, but I think the benefits far outweigh 
the up front effort.

Jeff