A reminder that Drives Fail...or....a quote from Charles Grodin in Midnight Run 
My client, worried that some tornado or whatever was due down south, shipped me one of her Caldigit 4TB backup trays to keep this season. I have a matching AV Pro drive, so I checked it when it arrived and, oh yes, the click of death. Many checks later it was time to deliver the bad news. "Buy another" I said.
No problem in this redundant system we set up 1.5 years ago. There are 3 copies of 2 sets. We are good to go and the new tray is copied and likely on it's way to me again.
I'll say that 1 out of 6 of these is perhaps luck or average, but a reminder to ALWAYS have a redundant backup.
I have 2 for my system but have yet to send one out of state. The tornado or Sharknado will arrive tomorrow and kill my backups!!
Best To All & Keep a good sense of Humor..please
My client, worried that some tornado or whatever was due down south, shipped me one of her Caldigit 4TB backup trays to keep this season. I have a matching AV Pro drive, so I checked it when it arrived and, oh yes, the click of death. Many checks later it was time to deliver the bad news. "Buy another" I said.
No problem in this redundant system we set up 1.5 years ago. There are 3 copies of 2 sets. We are good to go and the new tray is copied and likely on it's way to me again.
I'll say that 1 out of 6 of these is perhaps luck or average, but a reminder to ALWAYS have a redundant backup.
I have 2 for my system but have yet to send one out of state. The tornado or Sharknado will arrive tomorrow and kill my backups!!
Best To All & Keep a good sense of Humor..please