Subj : I still have some spindles I never used
To   : Nelgin
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Jan 04 2021 09:54:00

Hello Nelgin!

** On Monday 04.01.21 - 01:42, Nelgin wrote to August Abolins:

 N> August wrote:
 >> I would just reserve to use those for movies that exceed 4GB FAT
 >> file size barrier and that I would want to be somewhat durable
 >> and erasable.  Meanwhile, a couple of 64GB USB thumbdrives have
 >> been just fine for most everything I watch.

 N> My Linux box has an LV with 4 x cheap 4TB hard drives in a RAID 10
 N> configuration so I have plenty of storage for my movies and CDs. I have a
 N> 6TB drive to which I rsync on a regular basis /etc /home (which are on a
 N> mirrored pair of 250GB SSD drives) and everything else on the hard drives.
 N> With plenty of space left over to keep individual files that may be of
 N> importance. So I have the peace of mind of mirrored copies plus a local
 N> backup. I do need to setup my remote backup again for critial files. I
 N> don't consider 2GB of movies and music to be critical, I can get those
 N> back. It's mostly documents and photos.

THAT is an amazing storage capacity that you sport.  You could  
probably lease offline storage services!  LOL

The largest storage device I have is the barely 1TB SDD on a  
recent (yet purchased used) Thinkpad T540p, which I don't use  
very much.

I have a couple of satellite HDDs hanging off an older laptop at  
my shop.  Together, they are barely 300GB, and almost full.

My main pc is a desktop, with about 220GB hdd, and only about  
12GB free.  :(

I don't remember the last time I did any kind of image backup.

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