Yeah, I understand RAID is not a replacement for backups. I'm working on an offsite backup. I don't immediate backup, so I guess even the RAID5 would be unnecessary; RAID6 will be overkill. I suppose JBOD or RAID 0 is all that's really necessary then. I guess there's really 2 options: if immediate ability to restore is necessary and SATA is necessary, you're correct; RAID6 sounds better, especially considering the above factors. On the other hand, if I make effective the offsite backup, and don't require an immediate restore, I can take the extra time and restore from the offsite backup; a far more cost-effective solution. I'll weigh the other factors; that alone helps immensely. On Jan 13, 2008 10:12 PM, Andrew Zbikowski <andyzib at gmail.com> wrote: > > if your data is important. > > Your data is gone. Sorry. I hope it wasn't important. If it was, > Ontrack > > will help you to discover just how important (in $) your data really > > was. > > Justin just underscored that RAID is not a replacement for backups. So > everyone join in and sing... > > To the tune of "If you're happy and you know it": > > If you can't afford to loose it back it up. > *clap*clap*clap* > If you can't afford to loose it back it up. > *clap*clap*clap* > If you can't afford to loose it > than there's no way to excuse it. > If you can't afford to loose it back it up. > *clap*clap*clap* > > -- > Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us > IT Outhouse Blog Thing | http://www.itouthouse.com > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Jordan Peacock hewhocutsdown at gmail.com hewhocutsdown.blogspot.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20080113/107951b3/attachment.htm