Quote from: IDA_ML on December 25, 2019, 09:47:23 AM
Merry Christmas everyone!
CMH,
Why not cheaper, much simpler and environment friendly? I make backup copies of my data on two external USB mechanical hard drives that I keep in my desk. If one of them dies, I still have the other. As long as they are not hooked up to my PC at the same time, the probability that they die simultaneously is close to zero. Moreover, they spin and consume power only when hooked up - a few times in a month for a few minutes to an hour. I am even considering making a third copy for storage in my office at work for the event of fire, earthquake, flooding, etc. A great advantage of this type of storage is portability. If one of the drives is a small and lightweight 2,5 inch external HDD, I can carry it in my bag whenever and whereever I want and I always have a working copy of my data with me.
I have been using this approach for more than 20 years now and it has always worked for me. I still have my very first external HDDs with USB2 that I keep my scanned photos from the film era on. These drives still work like a charm. SATA and USB technologies are not very likely to be replaced with something else in the near future and even if this happens, I still have enough time to transfer my data onto a new technology system.
I do the same with a copy of the data.
I use two 3.5 inch 4gb hdd discs for photos and video materials. When I have free time I copy new material from the first to the second disk. Disks are not permanently attached to computer. I've been doing this since I started taking a lot of pictures of my daughter.
I wish You a Merry Christmas!
In the morning I set up the conversion of several files - task for 4 hours. Before leaving for work, I checked if everything is ok. After returning, I discovered that the target directory is empty 
