Ah that makes heaps more sense. The redundancy would actually be quite useful since your not accessing those drives very frequently.
Thanks for clarifying Ruben > Hi Ruben, > > Maybe I didn’t explain as clearly as I should – the stuff on my raid is not > on my computer, or other backups – it’s for stuff I want to keep, don’t > 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. > > I’m 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 haven’t 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 I’m 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 aren’t 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]> -- 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]>
