wordy;237276 Wrote: > I am currently creating PAR files and keeping them alongside each album, > in the same directory. Slimserver just ignores the files, and you can > execute the PAR's at any time, to restore the rest of the files to the > condition they were, when the PAR's were created. > > It obviously increases the disk space needed for each album, but with > HDD's so reasonable now, who cares. > > I do keep a full offline back up too - but the PAR's are so quick and > easy for repairing the odd corrupt music file.I agree PAR2 archives are great > ways to rebuild damaged files (assuming you have sufficient redundant data to enable the rebuild), however, unless you're storing the PAR files on another disk, they're just as susceptible to corruption as all other files on the same drive. A corrupted partition, MFT, FAT, bad sector or faulty drive mechanism doesn't distinguish between data types...
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