So, what is the perfect backup solution? DVDs fail. Hard drives fail. Tapes fail. How many levels of backup are required to make a file "safe" and isn't this redundancy?
Jim Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 5:52 PM > To: 'The Hardware List' > Subject: RE: [H] Here comes the terabyte hard drive > > The major fallacy in that solution is that you're treating > redundancy and > backup equally. RAID doesn't protect you from a horked > partition table, > accidentally deleted file, or blown up power supply. In my > mind, RAID is for > data that you'd like some level of protection on but can > lose, whereas a > true backup solution is for data you just can't lose. Of course, a > combination of the two is the most ideal approach for the > most important > data. > > > > > > As for the backup solution, I think the only real answer is RAID. A > > good RAID 5 setup will do the job nicely as long as you have a good > > controller and a UPS. If you want to get really secure a RAID 50 > > setup on independent power circuits should do the trick. > > > >
