Predictably, we’ve all gone off arguing about ‘backup’ but as the OP started out, in terms of Media there are obvious differences that should be considered. Firstly, I would consider the ‘backup’ to be the original source of the Media. Since the steps required from source to online availability are not onerous IMHO the key issue for Media is the shear size of the storage and the amount of Media files at risk. The other gamechanger here is availability and demand. Essentially the latency for a single media file is very low whilst the availability necessary for anyone into Plex is high. So for me Raid is essential for storage and redundancy is important for presentation. Backup in its normal definition isn’t correct as I would personally use the term Archive.
And yes I clearly know the difference between backup and redundancy. I just consider them mostly the same. Standard Raid is on the redundancy side of the line because a single point of failure (raid controller) can render everything lost while DrivePool is on the backup side because no reasonablesingle point failure will cause anything to be lost.
There you go modifying the definitions you posted just so they fit your point of view.
The world single applies to redundancy by the very definition you want to go by. And reasonable is your own interpretation of likelihood which apples to neither.
You can refer to them by any means as you want, and run your system however you want, all I am trying to say is please stop confusing people who know less by incorrectly using them.
At NO point in the definition of “backup” does it say that the copy made must be off site or even on a different device. It simply says that a backup is a copy so it is you that is making it into what you want it to be.
My media files ARE backed up and I will continue to use the correct definition of “backup” in my posts.
If you want to make a distinction then rate the various forms of backup from unsafe/weak to safe/strong (from 1-10) but saying that a copy made by DrivePool and even by standard Raid is not a backup is just changing the language to fit what you want to believe.
I guess I will never convince anyone to change their views so I will use “backup” the way I believe is correct and others can use it as they believe is correct but furthering this debate is just a waste of time as it is clear that no one is going to change so I will move on and try, maybe, to do something that is actually productive and maybe even meaningful.
So if you mis-click and delete a file, it’s backed up? I think not.
I don’t make that kind of mistake so it does not apply to me.
I guess that is a bit arrogant but it is true. Ever since I have had a computer (TRS 80 Model 1) I have never accidentally deleted anything. When I build I am a measure twice and cut once person and I carry that even further into my computer usage. When I want to mass delete I move the files out of their standard location and then examine them and the, if all is OK, I will delete them. Sometimes I even let the single copies sit in the alternative location for a few days before finalizing their deletion.
OCD, in the form it manifests for me, makes my computer use very safe.
My backups are only designed to protect me from hardware failures and I am quite willing to risk two disk failures causing loss of data. So my data is backed up well enough for me.
