{"id":623,"date":"2018-02-05T11:35:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T11:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chirurgean.net\/?p=623"},"modified":"2018-02-05T11:36:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T11:36:50","slug":"drobo-is-not-a-backup-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chirurgean.net\/?p=623","title":{"rendered":"Drobo is not a backup solution"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did know that, but had I really \u2018groked\u2019 1<\/a><\/sup> it?<\/p>\n

I updated my Mac Mini to MacOS 10.13.3 overnight and all seemed well. Unfortunately, my Drobo was thereafter, completely empty. I tried everything 2<\/a><\/sup>. No, the data was gone.3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

I did have an ace up my sleeve 4<\/a><\/sup>. I had subscribed to a Backblaze<\/a> account. <\/p>\n

All 5+ Terabytes of my data were backed up to the cloud. Now to get them back.<\/p>\n

Boy is this slow (but it works)<\/p>\n

The process was helped by my picture library held as backup on a removable hard drive (only 1 month out of date), My movies on another drive with my TV programs<\/p>\n

All the files are back (aside from some Movies , which I have backed up elsewhere).<\/p>\n

I have also gone back to Superduper and implemented a set of local backup discs – MacMini daily backup, Drobo files, weekly<\/p>\n

Phew! <\/p>\n

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  1. I first met this word in A Clockwork Orange<\/em>. It comes from Stranger in a Strange Land<\/em> by Robert Heinlein in 1961 (I read this so long ago that I have little memory of the story) ↩<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. removing and replacing a disc drive, checking for errors etc etc. ↩<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. The Drobo will protect against 1 or even 2 hard drives failing, but not protect against a software glitch that overwrites your index.\n

    \t\tIt\u2019s a fast and handy large storage system, but it is definitely not a backup solution ↩<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n

  4. Wellington also had an ace up his sleeve. He had kept Waterloo in his pocket as a possible future site for battle. He needed this ↩<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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