[Leica] Drive question.

[Frank Filippone]

I accept that.... Maybe I went too far in my question.....
Why use an NAS at all?  What function does it offer over a simple single HDD?

With single HDD now reaching 8TB, it does not sound like a capacity issue.... 

Frank Filippone
Red735i at verizon.net


-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jayanand Govindaraj
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 7:00 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Drive question.

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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