Ian C. Sison wrote:

> How big is the data you need to backup?  If it's < 160GB, forget tape, and
> go with hardware RAID1 on ide drives.  Backup is instantaneous, just pull
> out a drive, and push in a new one, the system will auto resync.  Recovery
> is also easy as pie, and it's obvious!


The data that I will be backing up daily and weekly would be much less 
than 160GB. RAID1 is a good suggestion and adding a tape back-up I suppose.

> 
> Check out http://www.3ware.com for linux compatible hardware raid IDE
> controllers.

...been hunting for this eversince (locally), any sources here? How 
about if I opt for a mobo with a built-in RAID? Can the system disk be 
separated from the data disk/s?


Jun

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