[Leica] Hard drive advice?

[Don Dory]

I had been using your solution until 4 years ago.  When I started keeping
track of terabytes I wanted to consolidate.  Images that I process are
stored on other drives so always at least two place.  I amaze it a point to
have backups off premises.

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 7:48 PM Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> I should say that I also, besides the NAS, have at least 3 backup HDD
> attached directly to the computer via USB.
>
> 1 Failure?  Don;t care, I got lots of backups.....  And those HDD are
> not turned on unless I am backing up.
>
> Using ONLY a Raid array for making sure you do not lose anything is a
> non starter with me.....  Even 8TB USB drives are only $125..... the NAS
> drives are $200.... false economy.
>
> Frank Filippone
> BMWRed735i at gmail.com
>
> On 10/13/2021 5:08 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> > You are a braver person than I am.  Murphy is my best buddy so I have to
> > assume multiple simultaneous failures at any given time.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 6:22 PM Frank Filippone via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I just bought a 2 slot NAS.  I am putting on the 8TB Seagate Ironwolf
> >> drives.      ( NAS is a Synology).
> >>
> >> The WD can be a bit cheaper.  Some prefer WD, some prefer Seagate.
> >>
> >> There was a big sale on 14TB drives recently,   Sold for $219 each.
> >> They are built to last a bit longer, running 24/7.  Seagate Ironwolf and
> >> WD Red are the tywo commonly seen drives.   But HGST and Hitachi and
> >> Samsung also make NAS Drives.
> >>
> >> The big issue is to get the NAS qualified drives.  Synology provides a
> >> list of "certified" drives.  I bet Drobo does as well.
> >>
> >> Thanksgiving is around the corner, and that is the time to buy HDD.
> >> They go on sale.
> >>
> >> Buy whatever can fit in the box that is at the sweet spot of $$$ per
> >> TB.  $25 is the magic "normal" price per TB.  ( 10TB = $250, 16TB =
> $400)
> >>
> >> It has been $25/TB for over a year.....
> >>
> >>
> >> Frank Filippone
> >> BMWRed735i at gmail.com
> >>
> >> On 10/13/2021 2:52 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> >>> For the computer literati on the list.  I suffered a hard drive failure
> >> on
> >>> my 5 slot Drobo.  Not a problem and have swapped in a replacement
> >> drive.  I
> >>> did change settings to two drive failure mode with a corresponding
> >> decrease
> >>> in capacity.
> >>>
> >>> My question is what are the better 3.5 inch large capacity drives?  I
> am
> >>> currently using 6tb red wolf drives and am contemplating going to 14tb
> >>> drives if they have similar reliability probabilities.
> >>>
> >>> Advice and suggestions happily received.
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Don
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