[ale] raid hardware

[Transam]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 05:59:07AM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> Transam wrote:
> >On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 09:23:51AM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
...
> What do you mean, no backup?  You mean no way to retrieve the data from 
> the drive because the card was gone?  If he had been doing regular 
> backups, he'd been able to recover right?  What about replacing the card?
Yes, no backup, i.e., tape, other than the theoretical redundancy of
the RAID disk itself.  Apparently there's certain information about the
configuration of the RAID set on the card itself.  Simply replacing the
card does not allow non-trivial recovery.

Btw, another company I have worked with also didn't backup their RAID
array.  The fans in the box failed and all the disks cooked.

Offsite backup is the ONLY way.  A personal safe deposit box is an
excellent solution and makes the box tax deductible if you store
business or employee-related data/records.

> >I'm inclined to use software RAID unless you're looking for very
> >high performance.

> That's all I'm looking for really.

> -- 
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

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