[mythtv-users] MythTV backup

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Wed Apr 2 16:23:45 UTC 2008


On Apr 2, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> David Segall wrote:
>> Yesterday I thought I might have lost all my MythTV data.  
>> Fortunately,
>> the fix was simple but it made me wonder how I could protect my set  
>> up
>> from catastrophic failure.
>>
>> Operating a redundant fall back computer seems like overkill for this
>> application but I don't see any other solution to ensuring that  
>> MythTV
>> satisfies the SOAF [1] factor.
>>
>> How do you ensure that your fried MythTV can be restored in time  
>> for the
>> nightly news and you have not lost the latest episode of the  
>> unmissable
>> series that screened last night when you were out?
>>
>
> It's just TV.

Perfect answer. If TV is so important to you that you want to spend  
hundreds or thousands of dollars protecting it you should probably get  
a life.

But discussing backup options is good for the community, as some of us  
might have stuff that is actually important.

beww



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