Figure I should add one tiny data point that I just recently experienced... THEFT. Any backup that uses hardware that can be stolen is flawed. Last week, my video servers were stolen; fortunately, I had stored the original disks off-site two months prior. I have a LOT of stuffing of disks to do once I purchase new hardware, but, I didn't lose any video disks.
If you're going to do the backup route, make sure it is kept off-site, "just in case".
Are backups worth it in the long run?
Re: Are backups worth it in the long run?
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Re: Are backups worth it in the long run?
I have all my 4k, bluray and dvd discs ripped to .iso (audio discs are another story lol) for backup and archive purposes.
When newer or more efficient codecs get released i can quickly re-encode the lossless video and audio from the .iso into the better format which gives me excellent space saving on my media drives.
Huge capacity HDD drives are cheap and you'll only be writing to them infrequently.
When newer or more efficient codecs get released i can quickly re-encode the lossless video and audio from the .iso into the better format which gives me excellent space saving on my media drives.
Huge capacity HDD drives are cheap and you'll only be writing to them infrequently.