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On Monday 04 May 2015 08:46:26 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Mon, 04 May 2015 02:39:10 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> > I really do need to set up RAID at least for some stuff that I may not |
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> > be able to get back. Some videos I have are no longer available. |
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> RAID is not a backup solution. |
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Not only RAID 1 isn't a back up solution, because it offers temporary |
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redundancy rather than diverse protection, but under certain scenarios you |
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have a much higher chance of losing your data when the first drive fails. If |
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you bought two (or more) drives at the same time and built a RAID from them, |
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their failure performance due to same construction and age could be quite |
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similar. On many occasions your last healthy drive fails, just as you try to |
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rebuild the RAID. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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