> [backup on harddisk] CDs won't really cut it for me either. CDs have very limited capacity. Same story with DVD or even tape backup, unless I am prepared to spend mucho pesetas. (IBM has a pretty cool looking 100 GByte tape drive. The tapes alone go for a couple hundred US bucks.)
I recently added a Promise RAID SATA controller and two SATA disks (160 GByte each) to my system. The Promise does hardware RAID 0 and 1 (I don't remember whether it also does 0+1). I'm using mirroring. All the important data is now on that "one mirrored disk". If one of the physical disks fails, I can simply install in place of the failed disk a new disk of equal or greater capacity to restore the mirror. The Promise has four SATA ports, enough for two disk pairs, and I'm thinking of adding the second pair, as I need additional "mirrored" capacity for an upcoming project. Lars -- .~. Lars Michael /V\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /(_)\ http://www.larsmichael.com/ ^^ ^^ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
