Music File Backup
12/08/10 22:17
CD ripping to a NAS? Very fashionable just now, technology drops in price, greater features, massive advertising - so why not? No reason at all, but don’t make the mistake of only seeing half the picture. Let me be blunt, the only thing you can guarantee about a hard drive is that it will fail.
Sure, we may be talking years hence, but then we may be talking just a few months down the track. Given how many CDs you may have ripped, can you really afford not to have your data backed up? What would happen if your NAS drive failed today?
First, remember that if you have an iPod that may have a complete copy of your music database which can be recovered. You will need specialised software (we use Xplay 3) to get the music off the iPod and onto your PC, but it could be there. Just don’t simply plug your iPod into your PC if the drive fails, you will probably lose the contents of your iPod if you do.
Second, look at getting hold of another drive (or renting backup space on one of these cloud computing services). We’ve seen even 1TB drives rapidly fall in price, using one of these as a backup could be a great investment.
Third, why not explore a RAID option in your NAS unit? This would deliver a second drive housed inside the NAS unit which would hold a copy of your precious music. Backup is automatic, peace of mind - priceless.
Sure, we may be talking years hence, but then we may be talking just a few months down the track. Given how many CDs you may have ripped, can you really afford not to have your data backed up? What would happen if your NAS drive failed today?
First, remember that if you have an iPod that may have a complete copy of your music database which can be recovered. You will need specialised software (we use Xplay 3) to get the music off the iPod and onto your PC, but it could be there. Just don’t simply plug your iPod into your PC if the drive fails, you will probably lose the contents of your iPod if you do.
Second, look at getting hold of another drive (or renting backup space on one of these cloud computing services). We’ve seen even 1TB drives rapidly fall in price, using one of these as a backup could be a great investment.
Third, why not explore a RAID option in your NAS unit? This would deliver a second drive housed inside the NAS unit which would hold a copy of your precious music. Backup is automatic, peace of mind - priceless.
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