Do you think RAID 1 is the best way for an average consumer to maintain their data?

[BigToque]

Burning to DVD's just seems like a very time consuming and wasteful process.

 

[MDE]

No way, it's way too expensive. Burn CDs\DVDs of irreplaceable data and keep your install discs for everything else.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: MDE
No way, it's way too expensive. Burn CDs\DVDs of irreplaceable data and keep your install discs for everything else.

too expensive? for the cost of hdds it is relatively cheap. i would do raid 1 if i didnt' have my current backup system with acronis true image backing up my system hdd to another machine that in turn gets backed up again. i might look for a pair of 160-200GB hdds and put in a raid 1 setup for my storage hdds in my main rig though as my sever is full and since it is an older m/b, it doesn't have any sata on it, just pata.

 

[Anubis]

screw raid 1, just get an external HDD and an enclosure and back up all your impostrant stuff, daily/weekly or whatever

 

[Greenman]

I thought Raid one wasn't for a backup? If you get a virus/maleware that trashes the files on one drive, the controller will copy all those trashed files to the second drive. Isn't Raid 1 protection against hardware failure only?
I could be wrong, I was once before.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Greenman
I thought Raid one wasn't for a backup? If you get a virus/maleware that trashes the files on one drive, the controller will copy all those trashed files to the second drive. Isn't Raid 1 protection against hardware failure only?
I could be wrong, I was once before.

yep, hardware failure only. with careful usage and up-to-date av software, i feel i would have more of a chance of hardware failure than getting a virus that i coudn't recover from.

 

[Zepper]

RAID-1 is to limit downtime if a drive goes bad, it is not a secure backup plan. Use another hard drive in a Firewire or high speed USB 2 external enclosure for backing up - use file-by-file backup software like Stomp or Dantz Retrospect for a reliable backup. If you get a big enough drive for your external, you can also keep a compressed disk image (Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image are commonly used and good programs for disk imaging) or two on there for Quick & Dirty restores.

.bh.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Zepper
RAID-1 is to limit downtime if a drive goes bad, it is not a secure backup plan. Use another hard drive in a Firewire or high speed USB 2 external enclosure for backing up - use file-by-file backup software like Stomp or Dantz Retrospect for a reliable backup. If you get a big enough drive for your external, you can also keep a compressed disk image or two on there for Q&D restores.

.bh.

in my situtation everything i have on the storage drive is located in another place also. like dv video and stuff like that, i still have the raw mini-dv tapes. but i do agree with what you are saying.