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#Chronosync mirror vs backup software#

I have also made a personal decision that I don’t need to backup stuff that is easily replaceable from a vendor.It is not a good solution for a complete backup of anything should a drive fail and need to be replaced and restored. time machine is an excellent product for obtaining a version of your file(s) that got corrupted or lost somehow.

#Chronosync mirror vs backup software#

You need it in case your drive fails, and you need it in case you make a human error and accidentally change or delete something and want to get back to what you had this morning or yesterday or last week, etc it s software glitch could cause data loss or corruption. You have two different reasons for needing a backup.Then for data you absolutely can’t lose you need it stored offsite somehow just in case your house burns down.

Your backup plan should take into consideration how long it will take to restore and you should make a test run. You have some downtime while you restore.

So you need another complete backup of whatever it is you want backed up, which will be your go to local place if the mirrored drive goes down completely or if you don’t have a mirrored drive then this is where you restore from when the main drive fails.

That being said you are also advised to know that sometimes when a drive goes down it can corrupt the other drive, so you cannot count on mirrored drives as 100% protection You should have a spare drive ready to replace the failed drive the minute it fails. That means with mirrored drives if one drive fails you don’t stop working. Mirrored drives are for redundancy, NOT backup.

Let me just make a few points i have come to over the years The 3-2-1 strategy is a good overall set of objectives. There are a lot of different strategies for backing up.