Comments by "Chaos Corner" (@chaos.corner) on "7 Computing Urban Myths" video.

@Prophes0r RAID is hardware redundancy, backups are data redundancy. Different beasts. RAID looks a bit like data redundancy but a single rm puts paid to that idea.
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I'm pretty sure there was actually some deeper stuff about the moving to continuous updates rather than releasing new versions. Unless that was based off this statement which is completely possible.
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@HaveYouTriedGuillotines LARPing? No idea what you're talking about. You seem to have got the wrong end of the stick. No one is saying that a RAID device can't be used as a place to backup data also stored elsewhere, they're saying it's not a backup for data that is stored on the RAID device.
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Yes. As you say, what it comes down to is that it is somebody else's computers. And even with the best of intentions, if something goes wrong, those people never have as much interest in making your stuff work as you do. I was working with AWS several years back and suddenly we couldn't provision new instances, causing a big disruption to what we were doing and while my bosses and their bosses were on my back, all I could do was tell them I had a support ticket in. Of course, with these big companies these days, they make sure to shutter you off from meaningful communication too. These services have their place but make sure to do a proper assessment of how they could affect your operations. Losing access to all your documents because some AI scanned your google email and false-triggered on something, locking your account could really ruin your week.
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I've heard a small meteor strike as being what you should be considering. Meteor Crater in Arizona has a diameter of approximately 3/4 of a mile for reference.
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@Raiver-of-Eridu Hah. For sure. But the meteor is typically a lot smaller than the crater for what it's worth.
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I'd be wary of relying on an online backup but you have that covered with the tape, it seems.
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The biggest reason I dislike micro USB is simply that USB-C is the current standard and it's time to switch so we can keep the cables simple. Also, manufacturers please make sure to add the resistors so that you will trigger the charger to 5V if you're a dumb device.
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@BruceHoult I believe they changed that because some of the disks being used were not inexpensive. 'Independent' doesn't really make much sense either though.
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@hansvandermade6045 Something that often isn't considered but is in the same ballpark in my opinion is archiving. In some ways, akin to backups but with important conceptual differences.
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@HaveYouTriedGuillotines If you're talking about people having the data on their primary devices and their NAS, that's another thing but that's not what people are talking about here when they're saying that RAID is not a backup.
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@BruceHoult It's all relative and changes with time but enterprise, which tends on the whole to use RAID more often uses disks from the pricier end of the market. I guess you could argue that disks which were made to be reliable as RAID would be incredibly expensive and therefor even enterprise level RAID drives are still inexpensive by comparison and I could find nothing to disagree with there.
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@HaveYouTriedGuillotines LOL. No, U. Are you five?
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@GordieGii I think that's a bit of an urban legend but it can definitely happen. There can also be an issue if you have undetected bad blocks.
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@HaveYouTriedGuillotines Hah, right. Your contribution was to tell me I didn't know what I was talking about and that I should stop posting without making any actual points. Sit back and watch how the adults discuss technical things. You might learn something.
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@hansvandermade6045 More specifically, an archive is a copy of something that's to be retained permanently. It's a distinction to be made because backups are often rotated and are there to be able restore things to a recent state.
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I think the dude misspoke but from the context, it seems to me that reading it as him meaning it was actually the 'last' release of windows was going out on a limb. At the least, clarification should have been requested. With that said, it seems that I recall there was more info about MS moving to a rolling-release model. Unless it was all just castles in the sky built off of this statement.
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You mean the CMOS in the hard-drive?
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@FlyboyHelosim Lack of imagination. How about leaking trade (and other) secrets through AI training?
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@ryanr8364 I ran tapes for a bit but 4GB soon became too limiting. The solution I landed on was USB spinning disks. 4-8TB or more is pretty cheap. It lacks the elegance of tape but for home backup, it's decently adequate. I'd definitely watch the DVDs in any case. I recently went on a purge of my physical media and was backing up anything I wanted to keep. I hit a lot of bitrot. Fortunately I didn't lose anything precious but I encourage anyone I can to revisit and re-archive their homemade media as soon as possible. (Commercial media is usually more secure though in some cases, that may be at risk too)
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All good points. Though I would say with the cloud stuff that thinking they wouldn't peek at your data because it would end their business kind-of ignores the fact that they were doing it with email, as you mentioned. Also, as mentioned elsewhere, they say they don't use it for advertising which doesn't mean that they aren't using it for, e.g. AI training. Not that I'm claiming that they are looking at it but, as Lous Rossmann says, "the cloud" is just a different way to say "other peoples' computers". Act accordingly.
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@RebrandSoon0000 I use RAID 1 at home but would go with 5 or 6 for enterprise.
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@gregornu Obviously there's a minimum standard. FWIW, I've never broken a micro-USB but have broken USB-C. USB-C is the better connector though.
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@Biaanca5036 To be fair to usb-c, you can get reduced pin count connectors that make it easier to use in small projects than the full thing. You don't even need the resistors if you're using a dumb supply.
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@laurencefraser Hah yeah. There is that aspect. Also USB-C devices that don't have the resistors to trigger smart chargers to produce 5V so you need a USB A to C cable with a dumb charger. But my point was more about not having to have to worry about multiple connecter types.
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