How do I protect myself against failures of shared folder volume?

1st Official Post

    I am running 1.11 with greyhole managing 4 volumes. rootfs is on a 40G SSD. When I create my shared folders, I have been always using the newest and largest drive as the volume (/dev/sdd1). I know my data will should be ok based on the greyhole copies, but how to I protect again the drive where the shared folders are located failing (/dev/sdd1).


    I'm not clear on what I lose in this case. How do I/can I recover. Is there a better way to setup my shared folders?


    Any ideas?


    Thanks, Michael

    you can copy your data back to the new drive from your greyhole copies, if the old one failed.
    Make sure that you have at least 1 copy of your data in greyhole -> original + X copies
    If your "original" HDD dies, you have X copies to restore your data.
    If your "copy"-HDD dies, you still have the original data


    Another option is the SnapRAID-Plugin: SnapRAID Plugin Guide

    • Official Post

    The reality is, an internal drive is not a backup.. It's a secondary copy.


    I'd get a 3.5in hard drive of the appropriate size, and a USB enclosure. Back up data there... Keep it somewhere safe, but off site (Office, Relative's house, etc.)

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