Re: More RAID 1 questions

I'm not entirely sure the version of Retrospect that would come packaged
with a maxtor drive (for example) will do the job, but it might. You could
certainly use SBSBackup to backup to the drive, though. We know it can do
the job.

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Les Connor [SBS Community Member - SBS MVP]
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"lorne balsam" <lbalsam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23gTOrVpgFHA.3692@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> thanks again Les.
> actually for the actual backup, i have an external hard drive. i use
> backup
> software to that hard drive (Retrospects Dantz) and the hard drive is
> taken
> off site at the end of each day.
>
>
> "Leythos" <void@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1d35f26eaa80e22098969f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> In article <uZD0TolgFHA.3448@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, lbalsam@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> says...
>> > thanks Les.
>> > i actually found the Silicon Raid Utility and it tells me all is well
> on
>> > the RAID1 setup..... now.. do i believe it??
>> > i have heard of nightmares where people thought they had a raid setup
> and
>> > when i came down to restoring.... they had a 2nd blank hard drive. so,
> is
>> > there a way to test the backup (i read it is highly recommended that a
> back
>> > up be checked occassionaly).... so the question is... how to test a
> RAID1
>> > backup?
>>
>> You do understand that RAID is not a BACKUP METHOD? It's strictly a
>> hardware redundancy method when using R1 or R5 or R0+1. If you are using
>> it as a backup method you need to strongly reconsider your methods.
>>
>> For backup you have several options:
>>
>> 1) Tape backup - slow, proven, works well, can be moved to another
>> location for storage. Tapes are not prone to any electrical problems -
>> meaning that surges and power outages don't impact the tapes.
>>
>> 2) Online storage - could be a drive or another server - Fast, may be
>> corrupted at any time, prone to hardware failures and being used for
>> more than backups.
>>
>> 3) Portable storage - like a portable USB/Firewire drive - also fast,
>> prone to being moved or full when needed. Also prone to mechanical
>> failures due to being transported. Also prone to same problems as online
>> storage.
>>
>> If you want a backup, as a friend of mine learned the hard way - do a
>> backup to a online medium and then back that up to tape. This gives you
>> a fast online restore point and a safe off-line copy.
>>
>> As for checking, you really need to do a full verify and check the logs
>> to ensure that things were actually backed up to the tape/media.
>>
>>
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