[mythtv-users] OT: Filesystems for recordings

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On 28 Nov 2006 at 13:10, Allan Wilson wrote:

> 
> Since backups where brought up do most users backup their recordings and video. I am 
> recording a lot of hidef and it takes up about 800GB right now. I haven't been backing it up 
> because the space is so large and the recordings change pretty frequently. I took the approach 
> that it is just TV and I could live without it in case of a crash. Are most people doing backups using 
> something like rsync or do most people live dangerously without backups? Just trying to get a feel 
> for what everyone else is doing.
> 

No, I never back up recorded video. What's the point? I end up recording FAR more stuff 
than I ever find time to watch (even at 2X timestretch) and if MythTV ever crashes, my time 
will be better spent rebuilding it,  rather than watching recordings anyway. After a day or two 
back online I'll once again have more stuff recorded than I can find time to watch.

Besides, what would I backup 2.5 TB to? The cost in time and dollars is too great.

Marvin