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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">IE> After facing a 2nd green drive failure since January, I began<br>
IE> dreaming of using SSDs as long-term storage. Just curious if<br>
IE> anyone's using them as storage for video libraries.<br>
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Did you consider using a RAID-Array? Cost is much lower and dying<br>
drives will not give you a headache. I am using RAID for many years as<br>
home storage and never had a data loss or recovery headaches.<br>
<span></span><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">Considered it, but have also read threads where some think it's overkill for Myth. Again, thinking of long-term stuff here like a DVD rip or that TV special that'll never be aired again.<br>
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<br></blockquote><div> </div><div>RAID is overkill for Myth. But backups are not.</div><div><br></div><div>I have an eSATA 3TB drive that I back up to every so often. To me, the ideal solution would be:</div><div><br></div>
<div>1. SSD recording and short term storage drive.</div><div>2. spinning long term storage drive</div><div>3. User job that moves recordings from SSD to spinning drive after a week or two (most recordings will have been watched and deleted before then).</div>
<div>4. External spinning drive for backup, or a drive in a different system.</div><div><br></div><div>This solution provides optimal performance for several simultaneous recordings/playback, keeps long term storage costs down, and ensures that the most valuable data is available even if you accidentally do something stupid (rm -rf /)</div>
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