I always thought me going nuts on HDD space makes me some kind of nutter, but it seems I am a small fish in a huge sea :)
I am building my own custom PC's since the end of the '90 and HDD space was always a top priority for me. And, it was enough once to have a disk die on me without having a backup to make me a back-up freak as well.
My current setup:
- 1TB SSD drive for Windows
- 250GB SSD drive for Ubuntu (dual-boot)
- 1TB SSD + 2TB SSD for games installed, used under Windows
- 3 Data storage SATA DISKS: 3TB + 2x4TB = 10TB
Back-up strategy:
I've written my custom rsync scripts that I run in Ubuntu to back-up:
- the 3 data disks are backing up between each other selected folders (manual RAID simulation, I guess :))
- the backed up folders are then in turn rsync'ed to 4 external WD passport HDDs (a total of 12TB).
I know that seems like a small amount but in my circle I'm considered a paranoid person :)
For the veteran data hoarders I have 2 questions:
- If I want to back-up sensitive information on a separate, empty, HDD, what should I use to encrypt the data?
- for backing up data on an extra SATA HDD's, what do you guys use to connect to the disk? I assume you don't open up your PC's every time you want to plug in a disk. Do you have some usb to sata recommendations for 3.5" HDD's?
Thanks!