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Tell that to journalspace, a blogging platform that relied on raid as a backup only to have the array fail. So they lost everything and went out of business.
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I had one NAS failure when Netgear updated their firmware and something went wrong. They have been pushing too many updates for my taste the last half year. Every update is an increased risk of complete NAS failure.
And there is no way to disable that annoying popup up that wants you to update the firmware.
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Yes I can block it from the Internet, but I just wanted to point out that having a NAS does not guarantee you that your data is safe. One firmware update and everything is lost. This happened twice to me.
I actually have multiple NAS drives and multiple external hard disks that are actually completely disconnected.
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[–] totes_magotes 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Tell that to journalspace, a blogging platform that relied on raid as a backup only to have the array fail. So they lost everything and went out of business.
[–] RoundWheel 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Correct. Raid is redundancy not backup. They are entirely different concepts.
[–] SkinnyMagna 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I just had to restore a DC and SQL server due to failed array. (Bad SAS backplane).
Raid is so one system can continue to operate if a drive fails. That's all. It's about uptime, not data restoration.
[–] 12211291? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I had one NAS failure when Netgear updated their firmware and something went wrong. They have been pushing too many updates for my taste the last half year. Every update is an increased risk of complete NAS failure.
And there is no way to disable that annoying popup up that wants you to update the firmware.
[–] B3bomber ago
Try not having it connected to the internet? I understand home network, but that is LAN and not WAN.
[–] 12216708? ago
Yes I can block it from the Internet, but I just wanted to point out that having a NAS does not guarantee you that your data is safe. One firmware update and everything is lost. This happened twice to me.
I actually have multiple NAS drives and multiple external hard disks that are actually completely disconnected.
[–] ZYX321 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
RAID is for up time and/or performance. Not for keeping your data safe.
[–] skodalover ago
used RAID for as long as I can remember
[–] AmaleksHairyAss ago
Now I'm hungry :-(