Post Acj43b6xZpQdnFS7Tk by zirias@techhub.social
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 (DIR) Post #Acfg9gTnY8p1o3cmum by jhx@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2023-12-10T15:58:07Z
       
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       Contemplating on not using #RAID anymore on the #NAS 🤔 To be honest: I have a backup - the whole #RAID thing is a little overkill for me personally at home.... especially given the fact that all my data will easily fit under 1TB 😉 #FreeBSD with #ZFS is simply amazing. So, I think I will go with one SSD in the #NAS and do regular backups.Keeping it simple.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcfmErD1gVMcFwd5vM by zirias@techhub.social
       2023-12-10T17:06:16Z
       
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       @jhx They're two completely different things.#Backups prevent loss of data for *any* reason (including e.g. admin's fat fingers)#RAID prevents outages / service downtime because of failing hardware, within certain limits. Some schemes may also improve storage performance (depending on several things...)Having one of them is never a reason for not needing the other one...Not questioning your actual reasoning for not needing RAID, that's probably a sane decision. Just saying backups don't give you "the same thing", completely different purpose 😉
       
 (DIR) Post #AcfrjevvsIlavp8nrM by mikael@hachyderm.io
       2023-12-10T18:07:52Z
       
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       @jhx I made the same decision several years ago: I don’t need five nines of uptime, but ZFS makes it dead simple to snapshot file systems and send them off-site for increased recoverability.
       
 (DIR) Post #Acfv1LgKUTDUIZyANs by jhx@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2023-12-10T18:44:41Z
       
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       @zirias True words.The RAID setup for me was more of a "nice to have" kinda thing 😀 Yes, the difference is clear to me. I just don't quite see the high availability point on my end....But: I finally decided to go smaller and still have a mirror running with ZFSDifference however is that I will not run spinning hard disks anymore.(Two smaller SSD's that I have laying around)Thanks for the input Felix 😉 And of course: Everyone needs backups 😎
       
 (DIR) Post #Acfv2d7h852wgKNdVQ by jhx@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2023-12-10T18:44:56Z
       
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       @mikael ZFS truly is a godsend! 😉
       
 (DIR) Post #Acg2o0CZq9KRY5CS8m by xenenic@bitbang.social
       2023-12-10T20:11:54Z
       
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       @jhx Single points of failure is bad practice for any data storage. I would a minimum of RAID 1 with two SSDs.
       
 (DIR) Post #AchyrDYickmoLLkoUq by jhx@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2023-12-11T18:37:05Z
       
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       @dch @zirias Currently, the entire data set is around 200GB - this includes everything (Not collectiong movies or anything media related)If this was business critical data, the situation would indeed be quite different.I've settled on a ZFS Mirror with two SSD's I have laying around 😉 It'll fit my needs and I still have a backup HDD that I sync regularly.
       
 (DIR) Post #Acj43b6xZpQdnFS7Tk by zirias@techhub.social
       2023-12-12T07:10:03Z
       
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       @jhx @dch Wait, you're using a mirror? whether this is technically a kind of #RAID can be debated, but it *does* give you the same thing: avoid downtime within certain limits (here: the other disk doesn't fail before the failed one is fully resilvered).
       
 (DIR) Post #AckCFLoTH5QSc4sc2S by jhx@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2023-12-12T20:16:33Z
       
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       @zirias @dch Yes, using a mirror currently (Two SSD drives).It gives me a little peace of mind - much better than running a single disk that might fail 😉