> All of this was prompted because we just had an HDD failure and lost > about a month's worth of unarchived baby pictures; redundancy is the > primary issue.
For the last time... RAID is _NOT_ a backup solution. It's a data visibility solution. RAID allow the computer to keep on working even if one of the drive dies. Yes, you get redundancy, but other HUGE problems of data loss still exisit. 1) What do you do when you accidentally delete something important?..( rm -rf * ... DOH ).. It's gone on all the disks with no way to get it back except a slim slim chance with some recovery software. 2) What if a program corrupts a file, or a set off files? They get messup on the whole RAID array. That "program" could be a malicious virus. RAID is nice for companies where a server going down means losing money and time. For the average home user, a nice automated daily backup plan is the best medicine. An external harddrive in an enclosure is a great way to accomplish this. ( NOTE: both problems above can be solved by using a concurrent versioning system such as CVS or subversion to store all your files... but is kindof annoying to deal with all the time ) -- Anthony Vito [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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