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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kim Elmore)
Date: Mon Feb 12 19:39:52 2007
Subject: [Dxbase] Protecting your DXbase investment
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Excellent points, all, Brendan!
Unfortunately, my RAID controller does not allow me to see any of the
S.M.A.R.T. parameters, so I'm blind by that. However, my machine is
not in 24/7 service. I've read in various places that power cycling
of drives isn't a big deal and hope that is the case. My controller
runs RAID 3 (an extremely poor choice for server applications), which
will tolerate a single drive failure. Unfortunately (again) the
company that makes the controller (NetCell) is defunct. I bought a
spare EIDE and SATA controller, in case one of current controllers fails.
And aside: RAID 0 is, by the way, the worst choice of all: while the
fastest RAID, with an N-disk array, you are you are N times as likely
to suffer a catastrophic failure under RAID 0.
In addition, I keep more than my logs on my computer: all my
financial info along with some work-related stuff is there, too. You
can bet that it's backed up and that I don;t rely only on my RAID.
As for backup software: what you use depends on what you need. A
simple copy is enough for data files and the registration key. Backup
software often allows you to perform a complete backup and restore
operation, so that you can completely restore your configuration to a
new disk, along with all installed applications and registry keys. I
use Retrospect by Dantz, but there are plenty of others.
Kim Elmore, N5OP
