Re: RAID for backup. RAID 5 or RAID 1?

Thanks for the suggestion. Thought of that before but performance probably
is a bit slower then internal harddisks.
Except if you are talking about 3.5" external enclosures of course. But
then those things are very bulky. Not to mention there is no
redundancy......


"Godfrey Nicholson" <godfrey at ofektech dot com> wrote in message
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> Marshall:
>
> Another possibility you might want to consider is to back up onto an
> external USB drive. It is a cheap, very fast option. I use it
>
> Godfrey
>
> "Marshall Lai" wrote:
>
>> I am contemplating adding some hard disks for backing up my SBS2003
>> server.
>> Should I go for RAID 5 or RAID 1?
>> Any consensus here? The array will be used ONLY for backup and restore
>> purposes and nothing else.
>>
>> Any insight will be much appreciated.
>>
>> Marshall
>>
>>
>>


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