iPhone;497868 Wrote: > I agree that most of us can't afford to lose the songs we ripped but > RAID is not the answer. > > RAID is over rated in these days of cheap large USB drives. I used to > have RAID for my huge music collection, now I have everything backed up > on large USB drives. One set on site and one set at my parents house. > What good is RAID if your PC gets hit by lightening or catches on fire. > Both sets of data are toast in the same PC. RAID is for Banks and other > companies that have to have instant record backup and hot swap > capability. A music collection is not critical data that has to be > accessed immediately, it will not kill anybody (not even me) to have to > replace a drive and copy files off a USB drive to get back to listening > to music. > > Besides, with a Touch and a Vortexbox and a large USB drive most people > will have all the space and backup they need. Two TBs is room for a > bunch of music. Its cheaper and better data protection.
Okay, I see your point. Perhaps if I list my basic requirements you could offer a better solution. Min 1.5TB, expandable. Some form of automatic backup not running through my computer File access from a Touch. File access from a video server such as a Popcorn Hour. Freedom from having to keep my computer running to listen to music. File access from networked computers. -- paltomare ------------------------------------------------------------------------ paltomare's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72903 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
