[TheForge] A little help please [OT]

[Gabriel Cain]

Justin Fellenz wrote:
> Lynn,
> 
> You might also consider runnig two drives in parallel, using a RAID
> (redundant array of inexpensive disks) card. They're pretty cheap now
> (like $60) as are disks, and then you dont have to back anything up or
> lose what you saved since the last backup. It's easier than it sounds
> and it's a slick solution. Happy to provide more info if you like>.

RAID is no panacea.  You still have to perform backups.  It's merely the
case that you're /less/ likely to have a catastrophic data loss event.  They
don't go away, only lessen.

I do highly recommend a RAID-1 setup, tho. ( RAID level 1 is a mirrored disk
set; both disks get writes of all the data.  Other levels include level 0 -
striping, which increases performance, but also increases risk.  And there's
RAID 5; more than 2 disks, more data integrity, greater disk space, but
slightly less performance (like raid-0)).

Gabriel,
who is a systems administrator in real life. :)


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