Storage advice

[maldek]

Hi, i have 3 internal hdd's with all my personnel stuff on it my question is, is it risky to not have an external hdd to backup all my stuff incase a power surge or outtage destroys my internal hdd's, is this possible that this could happen? should i shell out on a large external?

 

[KhoisanX]

Your HDDs might fail for whatever reason, so yes an external HDD(along with up to date backups) would protect you from this.

It won't protect you from theft/fire/flooding etc.

 

[Pada]

Offsite backup is recommended for all critical documents/data.

Having an external drive for backups is already a step in the right direction, but like KhoisanX said, things like theft/fires at your place would render both the internal and external drives useless!

 

[maldek]

Your HDDs might fail for whatever reason, so yes an external HDD(along with up to date backups) would protect you from this.

It won't protect you from theft/fire/flooding etc.

i don't mind if one hdd fails because i have the one as a backup of the other one but what i'm worried about is will all three fail at the same time from a power surge or something? does that occurence ever happen?

 

[Lawnchairman]

Offsite backup is recommended for all critical documents/data.

Having an external drive for backups is already a step in the right direction, but like KhoisanX said, things like theft/fires at your place would render both the internal and external drives useless!

+1

 

[Rickster]

I recently had a power surge, it blew mu PSU,Mobo but all 5 drives were ok.

PS: Why not get a surge protector plug?

 

[MightyMuffinMan]

I have the following setup:

Google drive sync for important documents and files eg exam past papers which took years to collect (Im a registrar in surgery)
2 external HDD also to back up stuff.
Surge protector (cos the PC cost alot as well to replace compared to a R200 surge protector)

 

[SouthBit]

If someone breaks in and steals all 3 then you're facing the same problem. Offsite or cloud backup of important data is the best solution.

 

[Tim the Techxpert]

Hi there,
Yes you need to make sure that your data is backed up either to a external that you store away fro the PC or make use of the cloud solutions available.

Regards

Tim