I do have a SATA RAID card in my main desktop at home, so I'm also considering adding an array to it and transfer all my data from the 5 older (single) disks in the thing.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:29:21 -0800 Subject: RE: Home RAID enclosure recommendations? Agreed on the single point of failure. Disks are so cheap now anything other than a laptop gets RAID1 at home. I have RAID1 on my desktop and RAID1 eSATA. Dave From: Jim Slattery [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 7:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home RAID enclosure recommendations? I'm using offsite backup now (Backblaze). Onsite (tape/DVD/BD) backup solutions that can handle the amount of data I have (and will have) cost more than I can afford. I could wait and restore from backups, but after thinking about it, restoring a couple TB of stuff over my home internet connection would take quite some time, not to mention piss off Comcast. I'm less interested in continuous uptime as I am in being able to eliminate a single point of failure. Hard disks will eventually fail, and when that happens, I'd like to be able to recover relatively easily. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Home RAID enclosure recommendations? > Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:17:20 -0700 > > Make sure you're not using RAID in lieu of backups. Few people have a > need for RAID in a home file storage solution unless it's to construct a > very large volume that can't easily (or safely) be achieved with > individual disks. You use RAID to assure continuous uptime, as in your > Exchange server or SQL server in the office, where a business can't afford > downtime. I'd venture that your home file server can afford to be down > for a few hours or days while you replace a drive and restore from > backups. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Slattery" <[email protected]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 6:56 AM > Subject: OT: Home RAID enclosure recommendations? > > > > I recently started taking a lot of photos and videos, and I'm realizing > that my current storage solution at home isn't going to cut it very soon. > > Does anyone have a recommendation for a good price/performance RAID > enclosure (or populated solution) for home use? I'd like to have 3-4TB > available if possible. > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
