>Do not use the RAID array as the backup. Have a separate regular backup >to external hard drives. (or tape or CD/DVD if you wish). A good backup >medium these days is a SATA hard drive mounted in one of these "bare drive >docking stations" that has a USB (or Firewire, or E-SATA, or ..) interface.
Caution, many eSata drives can not be hot swapped. The computer must be reatarted whan the drive is added/removed. FW and USB can be hot swapped. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************