On 15-Sep-2002 Richard Kettlewell wrote:
Ashley ashley@ashleyhowes.com writes:
If you are using RAID, I don't suggest having it on the motherboard. The reason for this is failure. Unless you have another m/b of the same type, it will be difficult to recover your data.
But you have backups anyway, right?
OK ,let's ask the awkward questions. 1.How many of the members of this list have *complete* backups the their umpteen-gigabyte disks? 2. How long would it take you to rebuild your system to ts *current* state after a disk crash?
I have complete, daily tape backups, but I have never yet managed to rebuild a system in under a week. The new system always has a slightly different configuration from the old one, and there is always something that I overlook when selecting what to restore. Then there are incompatible libraries etc.