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  • (Score: 2) by MIRV888 on Sunday November 29 2020, @03:49PM (3 children)

    by MIRV888 (11376) on Sunday November 29 2020, @03:49PM (#1082042)

    I backed up my media library 3 months ago (2 8Tb usb drives). At the same time I verified the 2 4Tb drives that constituted the last backup. I made the prior backup roughly 2 years ago. The usb drives go into secure, temp/ humidity controlled storage. I never have worried much about an unpowered drive just failing.
    So in answer to the question 3months, and then 2 years.

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  • (Score: 2) by isj on Sunday November 29 2020, @08:39PM (2 children)

    by isj (5249) on Sunday November 29 2020, @08:39PM (#1082106) Homepage

    I have chosen to not back up my media library. I still have all the DVDs, so the ripped files on my hard drives are actually the backup.

    The stupid thing is that the backup on my drives aren't unique data. Many people are bound to have the exact same copies. I wish there were some way of using their copies as my backup...

    • (Score: 2) by DECbot on Monday November 30 2020, @09:56PM (1 child)

      by DECbot (832) on Monday November 30 2020, @09:56PM (#1082575) Journal

      Once there was a solution for this. It was called bitorrent and services like Napster and The Pirate Bay made getting the backups for your media glorious. Though without the endorsement of the RIAA/MPAA/MAFIAA, these solutions were all short lived.

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      • (Score: 2) by MIRV888 on Tuesday December 01 2020, @06:43AM

        by MIRV888 (11376) on Tuesday December 01 2020, @06:43AM (#1082727)

        I get most of my media from torrent sites. I have from the get go. While it certainly isn't as popular as it used to be, there's still plenty of mainstream and obscure stuff out there.