Subj : To RAID or not to RAID? To : Angus Mcleod From : Sniper Date : Fri Aug 20 2004 01:24 am -=> Angus Mcleod scribbled to Sniper <=- AM> @MSGID: <4125659D.4161.dove-lnx@mybbs.com> AM> @REPLY: <41253FAB.2051.doveunix@kia.zapto.org> AM> Re: To RAID or not to RAID? AM> By: Sniper to Angus Mcleod on AM> Thu Aug 19 2004 21:39:00 > So, how are us little home users supposed to afford that kind of stuff? AM> We just get stuffed. The best form of backup for todays large-format AM> disks are more large-format disks. To back up an 80 gig drive (for AM> example) I doubt you will get anything cheaper than another 80 gig AM> drive. It sucks, because I could think of alot better things to do with another 80 gig drive. Actually, the drive I'm most afraid of are the 2 300 gig drives with all the drivers and such I use for my clients computers. Some of those were near to impossible to find. > I've never had a major problem with tapes... AM> Magnetic media here suffers from the environment. A sort of fungus AM> grows on tapes and floppies and there is nothing you can do. You can AM> keep them in a sealed container with silica gel, but you have to take AM> them out to use them and eventually, your backup go bye-bye. Ah, another wrinkle in that idealistic lifestyle that you live. :) Sniper Killed In Action BBS, telnet://kia.zapto.org Home of the Unofficial SynchroNet Support Network. download the info pack at either of the blow sites: http://www.chcomputer.net/USSNET.ZIP http://www.ussnet.org .... AD&D Famous Last Words: "Am I seeing things or is that a dragon?" --- MultiMail/Linux v0.43 þ Synchronet þ Killed In Action BBS Telnet://kia.zapto.org * Origin: Joe's Computer & BBS -=joesbbs.com=- (1:275/312) .