>>Have some of you tested the RAID set up? Any advices? Precautions?<<
Fernand... I discussed this here a few months ago. I don't like the hassle of burning backup CDs (I work alone.. no assistants to do the chore) and I also like having instant access to my files. So I set up an extra computer on the network just for storage with 4 120Gig drives in a mirrored RAID arrangement for a total of 240Gigs of storage. If one HD fails, all I will have to do is turn off the machine, replace the broken drive and turn it back on. I now have another computer on the network with 2 120Gig drives in it (mirrored) and I'm about to put two more drives in that machine. In the big scheme of things, this really isn't very expensive and it gives me instant access to all of my old files which are all backed up against hard drive failure. They are NOT backed up against fire or theft, but neither were all of those transparencies in the big old filing cabinets. HD failure is my biggest concern. I lost about 80G of files last year due to simple HD failure. I sent the drive to a data recovery firm but they said that since the cause was a massive head crash, there was nothing they could do. Rick Lee -------------------------------------------- http://www.rickleephoto.com -------------------------------------------- =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
