One more thing - RAID is *not* a backup. What if you accidentally deleted something you really needed? What if you get a virus? RAID would happily copy everything over automatically.
With a manual backup using an external hard drive in a USB/Firewire/eSATA enclosure you don't lose anything until you specifically make a backup, and even then only if you've specified to delete files you deleted on the master. RAID 5/RAID 1 will help you recover in the event of a disc failure, but if your files are deleted/corrupted/overwritten it won't help. And once you do get a replacement disc, likely under warranty from a manufacturer, rebuilding the array is probably comparable to the time it takes to copy a backup onto a replacement HDD. You'll be operating in degraded single-drive mode until then, just like a non-RAID environment. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910&postcount=2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38519 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
