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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
Part of my problem. I currently have 7 drives hanging off my main box. 6 are 500 gb to 1 TB.
Then there is the RAID, running level 5 consisting of 8 2 TB drives.
I've got nearly 20 TB hanging off this thing and I'm currently trying to figure out how to back the whole thing up.
The single drives do back up to the RAID but I've got data on the RAID that is not backed up anywhere.
Been seriously thinking going old school and getting a tape drive.
Then I come to my senses.
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All of this extra storage won't be very helpful to you, if they are constantly connected to a system that has been compromised. I suspect that any encryption trojan will go after any and ALL storage it finds attached to the host system. So - you will have backups of your files that were encrypted, but your backups will also have the same fate - they will also be malicously encrypted.
But, on the other hand - if your backup device is only connected when you perform a daily or incremental backup, then you minimize the risk of your backup environment being compromised. Better yet - it also makes sense to copy or data onto removable media like digital tape or Bluray that is write-protected (WORM technlology - write once, read many). Store these backups (of your backups) in another house / building to counter physical disasters.
I work in IT - and am a SAN / Storage architect. I also manage my company's disaster recovery for our mainframe environment. And - like the saying goes - you can never have too many backups...
-Z-man