Hi Ruben, Maybe I didn¹t explain as clearly as I should the stuff on my raid is not on my computer, or other backups it¹s for stuff I want to keep, don¹t access much, not a REAL tragedy to lose but the mirrored raid gives a bit of redundancy (over a single disc) - it was a good use for the 2x500 dual disc once 1TB single drives became very affordable.
My main backup is handled by the two-pronged clone/time machine approach. I¹m still playing with the dropbox and idisk options. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] on 8/1/11 12:53 AM, Dark1 at [email protected] wrote: > Wow that's some pretty serious backup. I'm not sure why you'd want to backup > to a RAID considering that HD mechanical failure is pretty rare these days and > the chances of both your main drive and your backup drive suffering a > simultaneous failure is pretty unlikely. Although RAID1 isn't a backup > solution it is pretty much the same as duplication of drives although the > duplication is constantly updated. > > Ruben > >> Hehe, >> >> Lots of different opinions on this, no doubt it all depends on the >> importance of your info and your level of concern/paranoia from the >> ultra-conservative: >> >> Time machine backup to RAID+ >> Bootable Clone to Raid+ >> Rotating off-site backup+ >> Cloud storage back-up >> >> All the way down to more streamlined (& economic) solutions! >> >> >> >> Personally, I have: >> >> * Bootable clone on external Firewire drive >> * Time machine backup to external USB drive (though I use this manually >> rather than automatically) >> * A Dropbox account at present used more for synching between machines >> rather than backup >> * Mobileme iDisk (I haven¹t really decided on the best role for this yet) >> * An older firewire 1TB dual drive (2x 500GB) set-up as a 500GB mirrored Raid >> I use this mainly for stuff that I want some protection for but loss would >> not be a tragedy eg some ripped DVDs and older clones of virtual machines >> that I should probably erase but I¹m not quite sure yet! >> >> It really boils down to what is important to you! - and remember that you do >> not necessarily need the same strategy for all your data those YouTube >> downloads really aren¹t as important as the family photos or the draft of >> your literary masterpiece! >> >> Having said that, with the price of storage coming down all the time, for >> general use, I tend to think that simple duplication of drives can be more >> useful than the complexity of RAID. >> >> >> Just my thoughts ;o) >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> Neil -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
