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OP Endgame hard drive and peripheral company run out of Chicago. FKA Other World Computing, they make the absolute best DJ USB drive.
Sep 29, 2023
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RAID is a technique for making multiple hard drives in an enclosure behave like they're a single drive. Depending on the type of RAID, you can speed up data access or create redundancy for your data. Here's a full list of all the RAID types, but the one you want for preservation is RAID 1. This duplicates your data onto two drives, so if one goes down no data is lost and you can replaces the downed drive with a fresh one seamlessly.
You'll need a hard drive enclosure that is capable as being configured as a RAID. The one I use is linked. Beyond that, you'll want to consider the 3-2-1 backup strategy. The "1" represents one off-site backup of your data. My solution for that is Backblaze.
I also find the Transmission app is rather useful for preserving media as well.
Nov 13, 2024
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backing up your data is so important in these dire times, always make sure you have at least 2 backups of all your important data on some physical medium like a wd passport do NOT buy one of those orance lacie platter drives those things are GARBAGE + some kind of software that can backup and clone your whole computer and save it to either a cloud or a drive (or both if ur me) i recommend backblaze bc its a bit more reliable than timemachine imo
Jan 31, 2024
Unlimited backup for one computer (this includes all eternal drives hooked up to it). If your computer exploades, they can mail you a drive with all your data. $100 annually, or $190 if you prepay for two years. It's worth the peace of mind.
I have a small portable drive I work off of when I need to be mobile and then a beefy RAID that stays at home. The RAID gets backed up to Backblaze with my computer.
Jul 12, 2024
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This place became my band’s and my comfort spot in Berlin while we were homebasing it there this summer. The Frisch gestrudeltes Softeis aus Brandenburger Büffelmilch (with shortbread cookies and olive oil, with or without the lemon curd) is the best ice cream I’ve ever had. My mother in law keeps chasing the dragon in Manhattan trying to find a comparable one. Her search continues.
Sep 29, 2023
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My favorite board game, 2nd place Catan, 3rd place Bohnanza.
Sep 29, 2023
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Something happened over the last year or so and I started really appreciating watches. As a computer musician and dj I’ve felt a more emotional appreciation for precise time-telling, even though my wife tells me I’m “time-blind”. My daily driver right now is the Vaer D5 Tropic Automatic, I love the tuxedo dial and roulette red date window. Plus it was designed in California and assembled in Arizona just like me!
Sep 29, 2023