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[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On 22 Aug 2008, at 16:26 , Paul Mather wrote:
> Are your two hard drives from different manufacturers, or at least  
> from different batches if the same model?  There's an increased  
> chance of simultaneous/close together failures otherwise.  I'd hate  
> for all your eggs to be lost in one go...


Same manufacturer, I think, but different models and all. Purchased  
in different countries, I think!  I tend to keep the backup drive  
disconnected and powered down except when actually doing a periodic  
backup.

Good points, though!  You can never have too much redundancy.

(I've always got the CDs for most things, of course, though re- 
ripping them would be pain!  But of course the CDs are subject to the  
evil CD rot, vinyl gets scratched, tapes wear thin or get  
magnetized ... and a house fire would really screw it all! ;))

Cheer,s
Carl

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