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Ultra_Magnus:
--- Quote from: AnimeJanai on December 01, 2011, 03:32:25 PM ---I don't use RAID as a substitute for backup. For backup, I simply copy the files off to another SATA drive that is slid into the hard drive bay slot. When done, open the bay door and the drive is ejected out and I put the backup drive back on the shelf in its OEM antistatic wrapping. It's easy, fast, and economical to backup my large files that way. For other small frequently updated files, I use an external hard drive via USB.
Hotswap RAID is to reduce downtime for business use. In my mind, it's not appropriate for home use as backup.
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Honestly, RAID is a decent backup, and is no worse than backing up to another drive in the same building, if the is a fire they are both gone anyway.
Important files should be backed up somewhere else, I keep mine on several SD cards I keep with me, I don't trust the security of the "cloud".
nstgc:
--- Quote from: AnimeJanai on December 01, 2011, 03:32:25 PM ---I don't use RAID as a substitute for backup. For backup, I simply copy the files off to another SATA drive that is slid into the hard drive bay slot. When done, open the bay door and the drive is ejected out and I put the backup drive back on the shelf in its OEM antistatic wrapping. It's easy, fast, and economical to backup my large files that way. For other small frequently updated files, I use an external hard drive via USB.
Hotswap RAID is to reduce downtime for business use. In my mind, it's not appropriate for home use as backup.
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I'm too lazy to do regular back ups, but I also have a HDD bay and an assortment of drives sitting on a shelf (although they aren't in anti-staic plastic...which they should be). I use the RAID so that I don't have my system down in case of a drive failure. Still, if I had the money, I would have a computer dedicated to just data and have it in a RAID 5.
Lupin:
--- Quote from: Ultra_Magnus on December 01, 2011, 03:43:59 PM ---RAID is a decent backup
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No. It offers data redundancy not data restoration in case of failure. It's not a backup replacement.
--- Quote from: Ultra_Magnus on December 01, 2011, 03:43:59 PM ---and is no worse than backing up to another drive in the same building, if the is a fire they are both gone anyway.
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Put the drives in a fireproof safe. Carrying drives (or tapes) will also be lighter than carrying your entire system
Ultra_Magnus:
--- Quote from: Lupin on December 01, 2011, 04:56:49 PM ---
--- Quote from: Ultra_Magnus on December 01, 2011, 03:43:59 PM ---and is no worse than backing up to another drive in the same building, if the is a fire they are both gone anyway.
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Put the drives in a fireproof safe. Carrying drives (or tapes) will also be lighter than carrying your entire system
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That would obviously be preferable, but I was responding to AnimeJanai's comment about home users, not many home users have fire safes.
kitamesume:
is there a way to merge two drives without using raid? i mean making it virtually look like a single drive but in actual its two drives.
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