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Reduce number of disks... now that 3TB are available
I have a ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition unit with 3 drives of 1TB each and 2 drives of 2TB each. I added the 2x2TB drives a couple of months ago as I was concerned I was too close to the capacity avail...
Sorry; I disappear for long periods (family, work - just this one NAS that sits quietly doing its thing for long periods of time until an issue occurs).
Yes, I'd meant reformatting any "extra" drives, then using them as backup drives. This is what I do; put them in a USB caddy, back up critical, then important, then cool stuff (depending on space) to the drives and stick them in the closet.
For example, all the "Baby Einstein" episodes. Each disc has tons of crap before the episode starts, so I ripped the disc, edited them, then divx'd them (H.264, preserving original audio). Though I have the discs, I backed those up since it took a lot of my time.
I have TVIX media players that play all my ripped DVDs on the various TVs. The kids never touch the actual Disney DVDs (and Pixar, etc) that I bought - they play them direct off the NAS in full ISO quality. Even for the car player, I make my own copy of the "movie only" so they never scratch the original. And we've gone through a couple copies (hopelessly scratched) of some movies!
Yes, I'd meant reformatting any "extra" drives, then using them as backup drives. This is what I do; put them in a USB caddy, back up critical, then important, then cool stuff (depending on space) to the drives and stick them in the closet.
For example, all the "Baby Einstein" episodes. Each disc has tons of crap before the episode starts, so I ripped the disc, edited them, then divx'd them (H.264, preserving original audio). Though I have the discs, I backed those up since it took a lot of my time.
I have TVIX media players that play all my ripped DVDs on the various TVs. The kids never touch the actual Disney DVDs (and Pixar, etc) that I bought - they play them direct off the NAS in full ISO quality. Even for the car player, I make my own copy of the "movie only" so they never scratch the original. And we've gone through a couple copies (hopelessly scratched) of some movies!
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