From: | Billy Holmes <billy@××××××.net> | ||
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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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