[Leica] Drive question.

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Usability of shared and common data by every
computer/laptop/tablet/smartphone in the house through wired as well as
WiFi connections, while retaining the confidentiality of data in each
personal machine. After all it is NETWORK Attached Storage
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 8:43 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
wrote:

> 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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