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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Anyone backing up their files online?

2011-02-12 by Dana Myers

On 2/11/2011 8:06 PM, Barrett Benton wrote:
>
> Dana Myers writ:
>
> > would *highly* recommend using at least a RAID 0 "mirror" for back-up
> > purposes. With a single drive, any error results in lost data; the
> > chances
> > of losing data are substantially less.
>
> You've probably been raked over the coals enough times before I got
> to read this, but I'll reiterate: RAID 0 is a Really Bad
>
It's a crapping thinko.  Ignore the word "RAID 0" and note the
word "mirror" and the description of a RAID 1/mirror.

Mirror is what I meant, and RAID 1 is correct.  It's just an off-by-one
error.  I actually understand this stuff :-)

Dana



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