On 12/4/06, Michael Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 4, 2006, at 3:33 PM, Mike Hamilton wrote: > > > My current setup for image storage is as follows: > > > > working images on my internal hard drive (Powerbook) (60gb hard drive) > > occaisional backup on a 160gb external hard drive and, > > also on DVD+R. > > > > I'd like to improve that by setting up a RAID 1 system with two > > external hard drives. The laptop is normally plugged into the > > external drives, but on occaision i take it travelling, without the > > external drives. > > > > Is this practical with a RAID 1 system? Does anyone have any > > experience with this setup? Other recommendations? > >
> I'm not sure what you mean what is "practical" regarding a RAID 1 > system. Do you mean portable, convenient, or something else? I will elaborate more on that, and also post a couple more questions in the process. If i made a mirror of my system disk on one hard drive (external firewire), then wipe the internal disk (using the external to boot the computer temporarily), could i link all three hard drives in a RAID 1 array? Alternatively, could I simply use the externals as the RAID 1 array, having the system disk independent? My main question is regarding the feasability of RAID with a laptop and external drives. What happens when i disconnect the laptop from the RAID, do some work, then reconnect them? > P.S. - Since I'm new here, question to the long-timers. On self- > described OT posts, is it appropriate to go into such detail on list, > or should I be replying off list? Thanks and apologies if I'm out-of- > bounds. mc AFAIA, it's ok to continue such discussions on list. There's enough less relevant material on the list to make this discussion fine. OTOH, I've only been on here for about 8 months. :) Mike -- MichaelHamilton.ca -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
