Drobo
Over at thephoblographer.com, there is a new post describing a backup strategy in some detail. What it amounts to is a multi-layered approach with on site and off site backups providing redundancy that should cover just about any reasonable contingency.
The strategy outlined uses a Drobo (not the NAS version, the Drobo FS) as part of the local component of the backup strategy:
In addition, if you really want to get crazy with on-site redundancy, consider putting together a RAID system or similar. I use a Drobo, which combines multiple disks into one large redundant array. Essentially, any one of the drives in my Drobo enclosure could fail, and I will continue to have access to all my data. When I replace the failed drive with a new one, the array is rebuilt, and redundancy is restored. It’s a complicated system that is built into a very user-friendly package, and adds another great layer of protection against hard drive failure related data loss.
Source: thephoblographer.com
The poster uses a Mac, so the Drobo is used in conjunction with Time Machine. The offsite backup parts of the strategy uses two different services - Crashplan and Backupblaze.
All of this may seem like overkill, but when your data is your business - or if it is just incredibly important to you because it is your family photos and movies, then your backup plan can't be too robust. And, with our emphasis here at NAS-Pro.Com on NAS and RAID solutions, it is always important to remember that RAID is not backup - so having a backup plan in conjunction with a RAID disk redundancy solution is a must.
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