You have the choice of what to delete and/or archive during backups. I backup to a 12TB GRAID drive and to two separate WD Elements 10TB drives. A backup on the other hand is exclusively one way. Sometimes this can be even a 2 way thing. A sync just keeps two folders, drives, whatever consistent. What are the pros and cons of each?ĭepending on your definition and solution they can be identical. Now whether I do that via backup or file sync is the real question. Although I have some doubt if you actually need so much speed as only very few workloads actually benefit from more speed than a single, decent NVMe can offer. RAID 10 is also pretty decent in terms of speed. If this is actually vital to your workflow I would consider adding a 5-10 min backup instead of moving to RAID6. Keep in mind that RAID6 is not all that great in terms of speed. Two more 2TB sticks and change the setup to a RAID 6 setup Eventually, you will delete or alter something important. Though the revision part isn't the main objectiveĪny serious backup solution has to have some kind of snapshot capability built in. My 8TB RAID 0 setup isn't ideal, but will a redundant copy of it on another HDD and then both of those copies going to BackBlaze work for a few months?įrom time-to-time perhaps pull an older revision. GoodSync - Saw a few people recommend GoodSync when researching ChronoSync vs CCC. That means I could backup my wife's MacBook Pro that I have currently backing up to her own TimeMachine external drive then going to Backblaze. Not sure how many times per day would be ideal.Ĭarbon Copy Clone - It doesn't sync, but it's a pretty automated backup solution and seems like 1 license allows you to install it on multiple machines in your house. So I could simply schedule a sync from OWC to WD on a daily schedule. Software solutions I'm considering: I've read a ton of posts about each on here on Reddit in various sub forums but still not sure what would work best for my particular setup.ĬhronoSync - It's a sync client, has a nice schedule. So a sync would keep folders and such in multiple places. I don't have enough of a understanding of backups and cloning but I don't think I need that to be bootable. If one of my NVMe's goes bad, I lose everything. What are the pros and cons of each? I know my current RAID 0 setup is very prone. Right now, I know I want to duplicate everything on the OWC 8TB to the WD Black 8TB. B2 Cloud storage just isn't in the budget right now. Now that I have the OWC, I've copied everything from this drive to the OWC SSD setup.Īll of the above is backed up to Backblaze via a Personal Backup plan. WD Black D10 HDD 8TB - Before the above ^^ OWC setup this was my storage place for work I didn't have to access or needed the speed for. I also have that same 1TB of data included in my TimeMachine Backup. On this I have about 1TB of important or readily accessed data syncing to pCloud. As soon as the budget allows, I'll pick up two more 2TB sticks and change the setup to a RAID 6 setup (I think this is the way to go). OWC Mercury Pro U.2 Dual 8TB (6TB used) - (4) WD Black SN850 NVMe M.2 2TB sticks setup in a RAID 0 configuration via SoftRAID. On this Mac Studio I have 1 folder (300GB) syncing to pCloud. Mac Studio Ultra 1TB (600GB used) - Backed up to a 5TB LaCie HDD via Time Machine. Though the revision part isn't the main objective From time-to-time perhaps pull an older revision. Goal: Protect my data and actually be able to recover it. I feel I have a pretty good grasp on technology but looking for advice from those with more experience. 10+ years ago I worked in the corporate IT world. I'm a professional photographer but am now transitioning to doing more video extensive work.
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