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<blockquote data-quote="chemist" data-source="post: 1658318" data-attributes="member: 84235">Thanks Ian!Just based on this, it seems I should not put my principal TM on my internal, since it means my SSD would quickly fill up, which I understand is not good for its performance.&nbsp; Though I'll mention my reasoning for putting the TM on my internal was so that, if I were away from home and needed a deleted file, I'd have access to it (without having to use the Cloud).&nbsp;&nbsp; Come to think of it, what about the idea of having a small TM, with limited history, on an internal (say, just going back a week or so)?&nbsp; That way, if you accidentally delete a file, you can retrieve it directly from your internal.&nbsp; This I don't understand.&nbsp; Consider two scenarios, both involving two EHDs1)&nbsp; CCC clone on one EHD, TM on the other (as you suggest)2) Both EHD's partitioned to have CCC on one partition and TM on the other.In scenario one, if one EHD fails, you lose either your CCC clone, or your TM backup.&nbsp; In scenario two, if one EHD fails, you retain both your CCC clone and your TM backup.&nbsp; So it seems scenario two provides more robust backup protection.&nbsp; Is there something I'm missing here?Can TM be configured to backup to two different attached drives?And, more broadly, if not manually, then how do people backup their TM backups, so that if the drive that has your primary TM fails, you still have a backup for it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chemist, post: 1658318, member: 84235"] Thanks Ian! Just based on this, it seems I should not put my principal TM on my internal, since it means my SSD would quickly fill up, which I understand is not good for its performance. Though I'll mention my reasoning for putting the TM on my internal was so that, if I were away from home and needed a deleted file, I'd have access to it (without having to use the Cloud). Come to think of it, what about the idea of having a small TM, with limited history, on an internal (say, just going back a week or so)? That way, if you accidentally delete a file, you can retrieve it directly from your internal. This I don't understand. Consider two scenarios, both involving two EHDs 1) CCC clone on one EHD, TM on the other (as you suggest) 2) Both EHD's partitioned to have CCC on one partition and TM on the other. In scenario one, if one EHD fails, you lose either your CCC clone, or your TM backup. In scenario two, if one EHD fails, you retain both your CCC clone and your TM backup. So it seems scenario two provides more robust backup protection. Is there something I'm missing here? Can TM be configured to backup to two different attached drives? And, more broadly, if not manually, then how do people backup their TM backups, so that if the drive that has your primary TM fails, you still have a backup for it? [/QUOTE]

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