3 Nov
2010
3 Nov
'10
8:42 p.m.
On 11/3/10 6:25 PM, Alexander Schreiber wrote:
At home, my server has all disks in RAID setups,
either RAID1 or RAID5
to reduce the impact of individual disk failure. Of course RAID isn't
a replacement for backup, so the data I don't want to lose gets written
to DLT and LTO tapes (as well as DVD-RAM for some smaller stuff) from
time to time. Backup media leaving the home are of course encrypted in
case they get mislaid or "wander off".
Some less critical data that doesn't warrant tape storage but would
be annoying to lose is replicated over more than one machine.
Disk is cheap these days.
I use a centralized storage pool of fourteen spindles in a redundant
configuration, all backed up to tape three levels deep. I lost data
once...never again.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL