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RAID works. If you want your data safe in case of fire, you need an off-site backup, but other than that, raid works.
(Redundant Array of Irresponsible Dicks -- err -- Irrelevant Dykes -- no -- Inexpensive Disks -- that's the one.)
The Redundant is redundant in the name as striping isn't a redundant array. The redundant arrays work, but realistically, you need to consider your data to be worth > $500 to make the investment even worthwhile on a small scale. And then if you're clueless, you won't know how to recover from a drive crash if it ever does occur.
And the above was written with the intention of being recursively confusing.
While I'm of the opinion that "RAID" on motherboards is in fact inferior to software raid, I haven't got a single complaint against true hardware raid other than the price. Is there something I'm not aware about for 3ware's offerings, Browca? Inform me, if so.
Last edited by xanthian; 24-07-2008 at 02:11 PM.
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