Am Dienstag, 15. Mai 2007 schrieb Feizhou: > > As has been pointed out in this thread, RAID is *not* a substitute for > > backups. RAID is intended to keep the box up and running. Valuable data > > should always be stored off site, in removable drives, or via the WAN. > > Who says? You? I like to have an online offsite RAID backup server. Is > there an ONE TRUE WAY OF BACKUP? I think the point is that RAID is not a substitute for backups. That does not imply what backup technique to use. Making Backups to another server that also uses RAID is absolutely reasonable IMHO. We do just that around here. However it can not be stressed enough that just putting RAID-1 or RAID-5 into a server is not a substitute for backups. -- Andreas Micklei IVISTAR Kommunikationssysteme AG Ehrenbergstr. 19 / 10245 Berlin, Germany http://www.ivistar.de Handelsregister: Berlin Charlottenburg HRB 75173 Umsatzsteuer-ID: DE207795030 Vorstand: Dr.-Ing. Dirk Elias Aufsichtsratsvorsitz: Dipl.-Betriebsw. Frank Bindel