I've been toying with the idea of RAID, it's been 10 years or more since I have done such.
I'm looking for data security rather than speed this time.
I eventually talked myself out of it since a mirror set isn't a replacement for regular backups, which is what I want. I am no good with backups, I have a ton of movies, music, photos, etc I don't want to use. I access and add/change them regularly, I do so from both Linux and Windows 7 daily.
I vaguely remember Windows maybe even as far back as NT4 being able to mirror drives in software, no array, no voodoo, just write the same data to each drive, such that either of said drives could be plugged in another computer and read if something unfortunate happens.
I'm almost sure Win7 can do this, and/or Linux.
But, I dual boot, every day work/play. I want the theoretical mirror, most likely of a pair of 2tb drives, to be mirrored and accessible from both OS's or it becomes a PITA.
Which leads me to an external controller, which leads me to not wanting an array that isn't such that I can take one of the drives and use it wherever.
Am I correct in assuming that the dual boot aspect of this is the problem?
I'm also assuming any of this makes sense.
Thoughts? Other than learn to backup like an adult?
I'm looking for data security rather than speed this time.
I eventually talked myself out of it since a mirror set isn't a replacement for regular backups, which is what I want. I am no good with backups, I have a ton of movies, music, photos, etc I don't want to use. I access and add/change them regularly, I do so from both Linux and Windows 7 daily.
I vaguely remember Windows maybe even as far back as NT4 being able to mirror drives in software, no array, no voodoo, just write the same data to each drive, such that either of said drives could be plugged in another computer and read if something unfortunate happens.
I'm almost sure Win7 can do this, and/or Linux.
But, I dual boot, every day work/play. I want the theoretical mirror, most likely of a pair of 2tb drives, to be mirrored and accessible from both OS's or it becomes a PITA.
Which leads me to an external controller, which leads me to not wanting an array that isn't such that I can take one of the drives and use it wherever.
Am I correct in assuming that the dual boot aspect of this is the problem?
I'm also assuming any of this makes sense.
Thoughts? Other than learn to backup like an adult?
