Subj : MBSE Latest
To   : mark lewis
From : Benny Pedersen
Date : Fri Jul 05 2013 04:05 pm

Hello mark!

04 Jul 2013 16:39, mark lewis wrote to Benny Pedersen:

ml> RAID is -=NOT=- a backup strategy...

lol :)

ml> RAID is only for storage, access
ml> speed, and redundancy...

i dont agree, it was a backup for me, i still in progress to migrade to another
nas for now, 3.6TB to be moved just not take under one sec :)

ml> even data stored on a RAID must be backed up...

in raid6 there is built in backup

ml> loose your RAID card or take a lightening strike that destroys
ml> the machine and see how much data you can get that's workable...

fair for hardware raid, but its not that hard with software raid with ups
backup, some hardware raid have batterie backup on the controller, it just dont
have it for the drives

ml> off-site backups do not have this problem...

well i will handle it properly in that way when i have now 2 nas boxes with
more then 3.6TB space now

and linux :)


Regards Benny

... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)

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