[TheForge] A little help please [OT]

[Demon Buddha]

Striping is also beneficial.  RAID-2 or -3 on up.

Gabriel Cain wrote:
> 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. :)
> 
>