Tag: Backup

Three hard drives and a USB flash drive on a workbench in front of an open home server chassis

What to Do When Your Unraid Server Hardware Fails

Posted on Thu November 5, 2026Fri November 6, 2026 by Jim Collison

Recover an Unraid server after a hardware failure. Verify disk serial numbers, preserve parity and pool assignments, and recover a failed boot device safely.

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How Do You Keep Off-Site Backups Safe? A Community Guide

Posted on Sun September 13, 2026Sat September 26, 2026 by Jim Collison

A Home Server Show flashback sparked by Kevin Schoonover: what actually makes an off-site backup safe? We’re collecting real-world strategies for protecting backup copies from fire, theft, hardware failure, loss and location-wide disasters.

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HDD vs SSD comparison for backup, showing hard drive capacity versus SSD speed and portability

HDD vs SSD for Backup: Which Should You Use?

Posted on Fri September 11, 2026Wed November 4, 2026 by Jim Collison

HDD or SSD for backup? Compare capacity, speed, portability, cost and restore performance to decide which storage type fits your backup strategy.

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CMR vs SMR hard drive comparison for NAS, backup and storage workloads

CMR vs SMR Hard Drives: Which Should You Buy for NAS, Backup and Storage?

Posted on Fri September 11, 2026Wed November 4, 2026 by Jim Collison

CMR or SMR? Learn which hard-drive recording technology makes sense for NAS, RAID, backups and bulk storage, why exact model numbers matter, and when SMR is actually a reasonable choice.

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Hard drives and reliability analytics charts illustrating Backblaze Drive Stats trends.

Backblaze Hard Drive Reliability: What Years of Drive Data Really Tell Home Users

Posted on Thu September 10, 2026Wed November 4, 2026 by Jim Collison

Backblaze publishes one of the most useful public datasets in storage: daily health records from hundreds of thousands of drives running in its data centers. I wanted to know what that data actually tells a home user shopping for backup, NAS or bulk-storage drives, so I pulled the public Drive Stats data into my own deterministic analysis instead of relying on a single quarter or a few headline numbers. Quick answer: Backblaze data is extremely useful, but it does not support a simple conclusion like “Brand X is best.” The better lesson is that specific drive models, capacity generations, age,

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Hard Drive Know IT Guyde showing HDD, SSD, NVMe and NAS storage options

Hard Drive Know IT Guyde: HDDs for Backup, NAS and Bulk Storage

Posted on Thu September 10, 2026Wed November 4, 2026 by Jim Collison

A practical hard-drive buying guide for backup, NAS and bulk storage, including HDD vs SSD, CMR vs SMR, capacity planning, reliability and Amazon buying paths.

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Tag: Backup

What to Do When Your Unraid Server Hardware Fails

How Do You Keep Off-Site Backups Safe? A Community Guide

HDD vs SSD for Backup: Which Should You Use?

CMR vs SMR Hard Drives: Which Should You Buy for NAS, Backup and Storage?

Backblaze Hard Drive Reliability: What Years of Drive Data Really Tell Home Users

Hard Drive Know IT Guyde: HDDs for Backup, NAS and Bulk Storage

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