Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/14

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Subject: [Leica] Drive question.
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:29:56 +0530
References: <0C96E407-CCF5-46AB-89C0-743F4E021DFE@gmail.com> <7de7ccd1ff154eaaa3a53a0bd82de9df@WhizzEXM01.whizz.org> <CAH1UNJ0KW6-O3urqkY+KiEX9dyF5LDLFWt+M2d-w0=CP9chs3Q@mail.gmail.com> <74962817-28DD-4B3D-AD22-3A73CCDB77AB@aotera.org> <007101d23e86$b6262a60$22727f20$@verizon.net>
 
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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Replies: Reply from red735i at verizon.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Drive question.)
 In reply to: Message from leowesson at gmail.com (Leo Wesson) ([Leica] Drive question.)
Message from john at mcmaster.fr (John McMaster) ([Leica] Drive question.)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Drive question.)
Message from spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng) ([Leica] Drive question.)
Message from red735i at verizon.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Drive question.)