Home Forums Peripherals & Multimedia Peripherals Don't use DVD for backup anymore?

Tacit, that is a good explanation, did not know any of that.
But, I would be worried that the controller could be screwed up and now I don't have even one good copy! It could screw up everything.

AT least with what I have now:
1 main new HD
2nd backup new HD sitting next to it
3rd backup HD, off site, though I only rotate that every few months
Time machine on a new HD
and I'm starting Crashplan -- which will be another layer in the cloud.

Do I need or want Raid? all of these hardrives can be replaced fairly quickly by a call online. And there are all 100% good until toast. No controllers.