Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From:	Billy Holmes <billy@××××××.net>
To:	gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-amd64] Upgrading to Raid
Date:	Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:55:29
Message-Id:	`4317160A.9080308@gonoph.net`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-amd64] Upgrading to Raid by Chris S

1	Chris S wrote:
2	> if the answer is yes, then perhaps save your money, invest in a hdd and
3	> usb 2 / firewire drive and backup.
4
5	in my experience usb and firewire drives are not good backup devices. A
6	good backup device is one that does not go tits up when you need to
7	retreive the data.
8
9	usb and firewire enclosed drives get banged around a lot - even if
10	you're careful.
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