On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:55:41 -0700, "Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > dullard;149785 Wrote: > > That's why God gave us RAID-5 :) > RAID-5 does not protect you from operating system errors or human > errors. And the odds of two disks within a single RAID array breaking > within a few days of each other, while very low, are not zero. RAID-5 > is just one more tool in the fight to keep your data highly available.
A burglar might be inclined to take your whole array with him. > I backup my data to a USB-attached hard drive, which I only attach when > I am making backups, to reduce the chances that both my primary and > backup drives will both be affected by the same event. When my backup > drive failed, since I don't have RAID (yet), I was exposed. > > I won't personally feel completely safe about my backups until I have > the means to back up my data to tape or optical media (in addition to > backups to a second hard disk) ... maybe Blu-Ray will be my savior, > once the prices come down :-) A fire might destroy your array *and* your optical/disk/tape backups (as well as the original CD's). I've come to the conclusion that the only really good way to backup things is to store them offsite incrementally and automatically. I got myself a colo box ($20/mo) together with a mate on which I archive daily snapshots of my music files, office documents and (most importantly) digital pictures. It's just too big a risk to take now that more and more of our assets are becoming digital. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
