aubuti wrote: > RAID 1 only "protects your data" from one very narrow risk, and that is > HDD failure. It's useless for other risks such as data corruption or > deletion because of software or user error (RAID 1 just mirrors that to > the other disk), zapped HDDs because of power surges, and other common > risks such as fire and theft. > > If you really want to protect your data, you need a separate backup > drive. Or multiple separate backup drives. It/they could be an external > USB drives or network drives. And you should store at least one copy in > a different location, such as your workplace or a friend's or relative's > place.
+1, RAID is almost worthless in the context of media backup (unless you're running a business that uses this info and you need instant data access if there is a data failure). RAID is *not* a backup plan. Almost any low power modern computer will run Vortexbox. They work best with internal HD, but with some command line knowledge one can use external HDDs, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98350 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
