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

In terms of redundancy, I'd rather have 3 different generations of backup on
3 different disks, than 1 backup on a RAID volume consisting of 3 disks.


"Marshall Lai" <marshall_lai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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
> news:363C3A60-3C15-449F-AB64-9D1F210282F2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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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