How safe is my music?

enkoda

Fightsback wrote: »

Even that won't save you from silent data corruption, you really need an advanced RAID file format such as ZFS to be sure.

https://storagegaga.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/silent-data-corruption-sdc-its-more-prevalent-that-you-think/

Way over the top for simple backup needs.
RAID won't get your data back if you're burgled and the drives get nicked....

Strider590 wrote: »

Any valuable data should always be stored on two separate hard drives, one a mirror of the other.

I keep a backup of my photos at my dad's house, just in case of a house fire!

Fightsback

enkoda wrote: »

Way over the top for simple backup needs.
RAID won't get your data back if you're burgled and the drives get nicked....


I keep a backup of my photos at my dad's house, just in case of a house fire!

For data that I consider really important I do both, ZFS NAS that's backed up to a single HDD that's stored off site. It's all a question of how important is non corruption (or loss) of your data and what steps you want to take to get that risk low as possible.

Nada666

As you are a thief it doesn't really matter - just steal new copies online if you lose them.

And most new radios or speakers or amplifiers nowadays have an USB input in addition to an aux. Choose whichever sounds good in the shop.

GabbaGabbaHey

Gingernutty wrote: »

I've been slowly digitising my vinyl collection with a ion LP 2 CD turntable.
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Now I've off loaded a large number of LPs to a local charity shop, I've got the collywobbles.

If you were going to steal the music, why didn't you just download it from a torrent site in the first place, rather than wasting time digitising it?

In terms of keeping your "collection" safe, you need to store it on multiple media (you can get 1Tb external disks for well under £50), at least one copy of which should be kept off-site (e.g. at a friend's house). If you have any digital photographs that you don't want to lose, you probably should do the same with them.

jbainbridge

Simple - it's not safe until you have two copies. That disk could fail tomorrow (unlikely).

Gingernutty

Yes, unless I buy them back, it's too late.

A lot of the records are not on any other format, so downloading them isn't an option.

Thanks for all your input.

Mr_Toad

paddyrg wrote: »

Just for clarity, format shifting is keeping the original licence/disc, giving them away/selling them is effectively copyright breach. Not intentional, I'm sure, but to be aware of.

Format shifting is now illegal again.

BASCA challenged the new law brought in by Govt. last October and the High Court has has overturned it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/33566933/ripping-music-and-films-illegal-again-after-high-court-overturns-new-law

googler

Mr_Toad wrote: »

Format shifting is now illegal again.

BASCA challenged the new law brought in by Govt. last October and the High Court has has overturned it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/33566933/ripping-music-and-films-illegal-again-after-high-court-overturns-new-law

Only for certain formats -

"The new ruling, which overturns the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Personal Copies for Private Use) Regulations 2014, affects CDs, MP3s, DVDs, Blu-rays and e-books."

... which means the public are at liberty to format shift our LPs, VHS tapes, cassettes, 8-tracks, and any digital file format which isn't an mp3, by the look of it .....

Mr_Toad

googler wrote: »

Only for certain formats -

"The new ruling, which overturns the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Personal Copies for Private Use) Regulations 2014, affects CDs, MP3s, DVDs, Blu-rays and e-books."

... which means the public are at liberty to format shift our LPs, VHS tapes, cassettes, 8-tracks, and any digital file format which isn't an mp3, by the look of it .....

I have to say I didn't read through the whole judgement, I started but got fed up and decided life was too short

Although I did think that for the purpose of the law a CD and an LP were the same and the article does say copying a CD for use in the car is no longer legal.

I'm sure all will become clear in time.

TrickyWicky

Gingernutty wrote: »

How safe is my music on this drive?

It isn't at all. Thats why you should make backups - many of them if possible.