Tip: Reception vs HDD lifespan (and added an SSD to my quad)

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There is a backup script if you want to actually backup your drive and have a restoration path.

Backup-tablo.sh - Backup all recorded shows from a Tablo

After purchasing a Tablo (coming from MythTV), I was worried about all my recorded shows being in a single hard drive without a proper backup. After reading a bit here in the forums, and learning a few neat things about the Tablo webserver, I found a potential way to backup the Tablo’s recorded shows. After some quick sucessfull tests, I wrote a small bash script to backup (not transcode) my recordings to my ZFS server. As a bonus, I wrote directions on how to restore them to a Tablo too …