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Title: Best practice for backup external drives; connected and turned on or not?
Post by: MakersMarc on March 23, 2019, 05:47:42 PM

Thanks!

Title: Re: Best practice for backup external drives; plug in or not?
Post by: Gordon on March 24, 2019, 11:56:34 AM

if you mean leaving them turned on and connected I say no!  if you were to get ransomware it will encrypt any connected drive.

Title: Re: Best practice for backup external drives; connected and turned on or not?
Post by: Ronmac on March 24, 2019, 12:48:52 PM

At least one backup should be kept in a secure, remote location.

Title: Re: Best practice for backup external drives; connected and turned on or not?
Post by: MakersMarc on March 25, 2019, 04:45:11 PM

Unplugged, right? The reallly hard to replace stuff is on a 4tb, is have backblaze, and just ordered another 4b for local backup. Should that backup sit unplugged?

Title: Re: Best practice for backup external drives; connected and turned on or not?
Post by: heathen on March 25, 2019, 04:55:33 PM

It's not a great idea to leave a hard drive unused and unplugged for a long period of time.  Occasionally writing some data to it will help refresh the magnetic stuff.  Maybe even re-write the whole thing from time to time.  Here's some info: https://blog.macsales.com/43702-we-bet-you-didnt-know-that-your-hdds-or-ssds-may-need-exercise-too

Title: Re: Best practice for backup external drives; connected and turned on or not?
Post by: MakersMarc on March 25, 2019, 06:04:14 PM

Thanks Heathen. Great read and hugely helpful.