[mythtv-users] Options for Backing up Myth data

[John Drescher]

>> I do backup chunks every month or so and keep the other drives
>> offsite so I'll never have a totally destructive failure, however a
>> day to day strategy would frankly just work out either too expensive
>> or too labour intensive to be practicable.  RAID6 with a hot spare
>> minimises the risk factors and that's sufficient for me.
>
> So you've concluded that hard drives are the best answer today, and even
> they are certainly nor perfect.
>
> Seems like there ought to be a better answer, given how many people have
> a need.

I think this is the best answer for users with greater than 100GB and
less than 20TB in a non business environment. With less than 100GB I
think the online backup services become a possibility. And greater
than 20TB or in a business I would go LTO3/4/5 tape.

John