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RAID is awesome in theory, but when it's the controller itself that dies, you're truly FUBARed. Unless the controller itself has some redundancy, but you won't get that with consumer hardware...
So I always get the largest drives I can get and get them in multiples. Spanning multiple smaller disks, IMO, is just asking for trouble in the long run.
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dandy72 wrote: RAID is awesome in theory, but when it's the controller itself that dies, you're truly FUBARed.
Agreed.
dandy72 wrote: So I always get the largest drives I can get and get them in multiples.
There is a very nice table summing up the various RAID types - Standard RAID levels.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I'm ~99% sure any consumer NAS is going to be running some flavor of linux softraid not a hardware implementation.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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When my relative got scammed and lost his data (see here[^]) I managed to get over 95% back (even many things deleted previous to the scam).
I used "FileScavenger" in bootable mode.
In the thread there are some other tools mentioned. Just in case you want a couple alternatives more
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Maybe their container is bad. Can you pull drives and mount them in another container?
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Replying also to @Daniel-Pfeffer
I use RAID 1 (mirroring) for a reason. The chance that both drives die at the same moment is low enough that it offsets the cost of backupping 4 TB (theoretical) of data. The only consumer option that can do such a thing is a blueray burners, which with its cost, cost of volumes and time required is really not an option.
Data Tapes are truly not affordable for home, slow as all hell and they tend to fail a lot during restores. I could have gone with a 4 bays NAS but the cost was really astronomical wrt a 2 bays one.
Cloud is not an option because 1) I have 5 Mbps in upload, and I'm very lucky since in my country anything above 512k in upload is a privilege and 2) True cloud plans are not cheap, not safe and you never know when they will pull the plug. Plus I don't want my documents and contracts to be shared onto some ****ese or ******an server, knowing their past espionage exploits.
So balancing cost and effectiveness, I chose a mirroring solution.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Mine is a four bay, with RAID5 so I can survive a dead disk (and have done, on a previous, smaller NAS) without any data loss, and backup becomes an even bigger problem since that's 16TB of disks holding up to 12TB of data - even an incremental backup would take forever and require expensive equipment. Tapes and cloud I don't trust either!
It's been a damn good solution up to now, but ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I understand the cost issue for RAID 5 vs RAID 1 - more drives, more expensive NAS, etc.
If your storage needs are larger (e.g. more than 12 TB), RAID 5 can actually be more cost-effective than RAID 1. To get 12 TB of RAID 1 storage, you need 24 TB of physical storage in 2x12 TB disks. To get 12 TB of RAID 5 storage, you only need 16 TB of physical storage in 4x4 TB disks. There is still a cost premium on large disks, so the cost savings on the smaller disks and on 8TB of storage should more than pay for the increased cost of a 4-bay NAS.
I also distrust data tapes, the "cloud", etc. What I have done is to buy 2 sets of 4 TB portable drives to which I copy the backup. These are stored off-site, and rotated monthly. This means that at most I will lose a month of my personal stuff, which I figure is recoverable.
(If I ran a business from home, I'd have a more robust backup scheme.)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Does anyone else do this one as well as Wordle?
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Daily Quordle 188
6️⃣7️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣
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⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟨🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I hate it when I get an anagram of the right answer!
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Daily Quordle 188
🟥🟥
8️⃣5️⃣
quordle.com
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
Wow, now I can lose multiple times at once! 
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Wordle 407 5/6
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 407 4/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 407 6/6
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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You need a better starter word! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Yeah! When I used my regular starter word and started getting GREENs... initial reaction was  ... which soon turned into  !
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That's why the "easy" way to play is to use 2 or 3 starter words with no letters in common and check for over half the alphabet before you try to guess the word!
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Yes, can be one of the ways.
But. where's the fun in that if I want to guess in least number of tries? 
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Wordle 407 5/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Wordle 407 5/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Wordle 407 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Lucky second guess
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 31-Jul-22 3:22am.
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This was a bit annoying.
Wordle 407 5/6
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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More than me?
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Almost!
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Wordle 407 5/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 407 3/6
⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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