Re: Backup, RAID, Mirror confusion...

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For Imaging I would probably use Acronis True Image, even though I
personally use an older version of PowerQuest Drive Image. Symantec
bought PowerQuest and replaced their "Ghost" line with Drive Image.
Just being a "Stubborn-Old Guy", I won't be spending money to buy
or use Symantec/Norton branded software.

One criteria for the Physical drives is how they are connected - are
they traditional PATA/IDE or SATA (Serial ATA). A big consideration
is what simultaneous programs will be running. Third, Graphics &
video work require huge amounts of Workspace (Temporary files).
You would probably want the 3 drives configured something like this:

Drive 0: Windows XP & primary applications
Single 160 Gig is too large, but not sure how to allocate. I
would personally use a much smaller, fast drive for XP, like
a SATA-II 150 10,000 RPM 7.0 mS or faster drive
You would want to try and keep this drive as lean as
possible
by moving things like DllCache/DriverCache/i386 to another
physical drive (Drive 2)
Drive 1: User data
(a.) Partition for Mail, Docs, Favorites
(b.) Partition for Video
(c.) Partition for Graphics files
Drive 2: Workspace, Pagefile, Temp folders, Backup Storage
(a.) Partition for Pagefile, Temp folders
(b.) System Maintenance (DllCache,i386....)
(c.) Partition to store Images (for Recovery)

This is just "Guesswork" on my part - but you want to segment things to
maximize performance and keep data isolated. You want to make sure
each physical drive is handling a different section of the code. (XP, App
and Data files).

If you're doing Video & Graphics work I hope you purchased a
machine with 1.0+ Gigabytes of RAM.



"Peter G" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uP52S$MoFHA.3448@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks very much for that R McCathy -
>
> How would you partition this new machine and what what you use to create
> an Image?
> BTW The main use is for Graphics and Video. (Adobe Photoshop, Premiere
> Pro, After Effects etc.). I have a number of other external firewire
> drives and DVD writing hardware.

>
> I really appreciate your reply in helping me to devise a backup and
> recovery plan
>
> cheers
>
>
> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OB7UMjMoFHA.3984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Using RAID mirroring in the context you describe for a
>> desktop is not really necessary.
>>
>> Three 160 Gigabyte drives, how do you intend to partition
>> & use those drives ? The way you segment your drives and
>> what data you place on each determines how to create a
>> backup & recovery plan.
>>
>> Imaging is probably the best solution. Create an Image of the
>> XP drive to a secondary physical drive. Then "Burn" the image
>> to removable media for safety/storage.
>>
>> "Peter G" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:unTDhWMoFHA.2904@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> New machine (Dell) with 3 160gb "non raided" hard drives about to be
>>> delivered.
>>>
>>> Old machines system disk (Windows XPPro and apps) has about 15gb used.
>>> (C drive)
>>>
>>> Seems that on the new computer it would be a good idea if my system
>>> (boot) disc (C drive partition?) had an exact copy made at the same time
>>> (mirrored?) onto a (seperate partition?) on one of the other drives (say
>>> E drive) so that if the C drive goes down I can press a magic switch and
>>> everything is restored from E drive without having to reload Windows
>>> (XPPRO) and all the apps.
>>>
>>> Totally confused with RAID and Mirroring and things like Ghost and
>>> Drive Image. Should I get back to Dell and ask for some sort of RAID -
>>> or other advice gratefully received....
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>
>>
>
>



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