So Resilient File System (ReFS) has been for 6 years so it should be stable for use with a backup drive, right?
Nope:
“Because ReFS was designed not to fail, if failure does occur, there are no tools provided to repair it”
When it does fail, you might just end up with a 2TB backup drive that you cannot read.
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I found one third-party tool which does work, ReclaiMe.
Seems to work well. If I need to pull data off this backup drive, I’ll purchase a license.
I use VeraCrypt to create a encrypted hard drive. That way, if I lose the drive, the lucky finder wonāt be able to read the data.
The steps are as follows:
My backup tool of choice is SyncBackPro.Ā Itās a quality product at a reasonable price.
One of the things I backup is my Apple iPhone and iTunes folders.Ā I take a snapshot of these by using the Compression feature, with a custom filename.
You can generate a custom filename this by creating your own variable in the Profile Setup/Variables area.
In the screenshot (about) you can see that Iāve created the Variable Name DATETIMENOW with the Value %YEAR%%MONTH%%DAY%_%HOUR%%MINUTE%%SECOND%
In the screenshot, this translates to 20180717_213656
I then use this in the Profile Setup for the actual backup:
As simple as that.
There are people who do backups, and there are those who have not lost data yet.
I use the 3-2-1 Backup strategy, which is:
In practice, it looks like this:
Yes, itās a bit complicated. If could be less complicated:
My ideal solution? Something like a DROBO-like device, which has built in disk encryption.
A simple rule Iāve learnt over time, with backups.
3 Backup copies of anything you want to keep.
2 different storage media.
1 offsite storage site.
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There have been times when Iāve gone to grab a file from backup, and āArghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhā, itās missing/corrupted.
With 3 copies, you greatly improve your chances of recovery. Youāre going to make 2 copies anyway, because ā¦
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Different storage media types means CD/DVD and/or Disk and/or Tape Online Backup and/or Online Backup.
Because.
Because one of those media types will fail on you.
So pick two different media types to backup to. I use Disk to Disk and CD/DVD.
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If you have a fire, and youāve stored your backups next to your (now melted) computer, then your backups are of no use to you.
Keep a copy of your backups at a relatives house.
Or a bank deposit box.
Or even better, use an online backup service. You can find a list of them here.