[Leica] Drive question.

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

This is a NAS and not a backup
Cheers
Jayaaanand

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Why bother with RAID arrays' complexity when a simple ROBOCOPY program and
> a secondary external HDD ( or 2 or 3) provides the same level of backup?
> I realize that the backup is not instantaneous and in real time, but once
> or twice a day should suffice for most applications.....
>
> Seriously, what benefit is the RAID array?
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
> I’ve gone to RAID-1 for my own personal NAS at home (and I use ZFS to
> ensure data integrity for you geeks). I only get 50% utilization but at
> least I can be sure that at least one copy will be usable after an HDD
> failure. I’ve had at least 1 HDD fail and 2 HDD go flakey on me over the
> last year or 2. Always just past the end of the warranty period.
>
> Regards,
> Spencer
>
>
>
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