Last thread some wiseguy told me to get a RAID server. What the heck is that and why's it better than having 3 good ol' external hard drives and stackin' 'em in my cupboard? Fuggin guy
Also some faget mod deleted the thread
I just wanna know if it is o.k. to stack my external hard drives @ nite, got damm
>>54639268
There you go.
>>54639297
Wrong in so many ways...
>>54639297
RAID = Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAID must be done with the same drives but RAID 1, 5 and 6 can handle a drive failures without losing data so it's much safer than just copying your files to an external disk.
>>54639840
SOO UHH why is this so cryptic and shady
is it just like a cozy cabinet u can keep terabytes of data in
and u just POP it in USB?
or is this all inside-a computer?
>>54639268
RAID isn't a backup solution. RAID only provides high-availability.
Even if you have RAID, you still need a backup solution, like putting some external drives in your cupboard.
The reason RAID isn't a backup solution is because if you accidentally delete a file, it will instantly get deleted on all the RAID drives. With a backup solution, you'd be able to recover from an accidental deletion.
If you can afford an hour of downtime, then you don't need RAID. Just keep a backup external HDD, plus a replacement internal drive that you can quickly stick in when your main drive goes bad. For extra recovery speed, backup the whole disk image (for example: dd if=/dev/sda of=disk.img) -- that way you won't have to reinstall the OS.
>>54639959
just nevermind. external drive in a cupboard is way to go. make it 2 drives and you are golden
>>54639268
>I just wanna know if it is o.k. to stack my external hard drives
I'd recommend at least 5mm of space between stacked drives that are powered on.
I don't think the feet on those drives are tall enough to allow stacking them while they're on. At least stick a couple of pencils or something between them.
>>54640095
I meant when off actually but thank u
>>54640016
H'haaaaa ahaha u funney
>>54639973
G-gotcha, i think. Thank uuu!
>>54640525
>>54639973
This pretty much. RAID can protect you from drive failure and that's it. That being said I wouldn't keep my files only on an external drive but that's up to you.
