garym;624177 Wrote: > You have the same disk protection with a NAS as you do with Vortexbox: > NONE unless you backup your data to a different disk and remove it to a > different location. A RAID setup (NAS) is NOT a backup. It can possibly > make data available again instantly when that is important (e.g., > banking data if you're the bank). But bad things can happen that kill > all the disks in your NAS at the same time (power spike, fire, theft, > etc.). > > A frequent refrain on the ReadyNas forums from the ReadyNAS Jedi > (experts) is "RAID is NOT a backup...backup your data!" > > And you can expand the data storage with vortexbox too. I have 6TB of > storage on my vortexbox. I think either can work, but if you're > interested in saving some bucks, almost any low powered, netbook can > run SbS just fine, have as much or more power than a NAS, and you can > connect all the USB drives with data that you want. And you can do all > this cheaper than a vortebox appliance or readynas. For example, check > out a fitPC2i. A powerful computer, no fan, and the size of a paperback > book.
Maybe it's me, but I'm pretty sure when I read my own post it says "protection against disk failure" - completely different to data back up which protects against a multitude of issues, not just a common hardware failure. Maybe your post is meant to convey that a vortex box is also RAID based - in which case thanks for the correction. Maybe you can also confirm that online expansion is supported? And indeed RAID is not a backup which is why I have 2 NAS, one a backup mirror of the other, and rotated offsite USB drives in addition. -- snottmonster ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snottmonster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=45063 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86896 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
