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rowan · 02-17-2007, 08:36 AM

I have a RAID1+0 array with 4 x 300Gb Seagata SATA and a RAID0 array with 2 x 320Gb WD SATA drives. The first is my main array, the second is used for backup archives and scratch data only (since it's not failsafe). As a final catch I do a reasonably frequent file level backup to a removable 500Gb Seagata SATA drive, which spends most of the time stored in another room.

At the very least, you need to do regular backups. Even better is adding redundancy with RAID, so your availability is not compromised. Don't forget you still need to back up even when you have RAID.

02-17-2007, 08:36 AM
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	I have a RAID1+0 array with 4 x 300Gb Seagata SATA and a RAID0 array with 2 x 320Gb WD SATA drives. The first is my main array, the second is used for backup archives and scratch data only (since it's not failsafe). As a final catch I do a reasonably frequent file level backup to a removable 500Gb Seagata SATA drive, which spends most of the time stored in another room. At the very least, you need to do regular backups. Even better is adding redundancy with RAID, so your availability is not compromised. Don't forget you still need to back up even when you have RAID.