On 01/31/2011 05:36 AM, Kenni Lund wrote: > 2011/1/31 Steve Brooks<steveb at mcs.st-and.ac.uk>: >> On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Les Bell wrote: >>> Kenni Lund<kenni at kelu.dk> wrote: >>> >> >>> Fakeraid is a proprietary software RAID >>> solution, so if your motherboard suddenly decides to die, how will >>> you then get access to your data? >>> << >>> >>> Obviously, you restore it from a backup. RAID is not a substitute for >>> backups. >> >> Hmm... What percentage of home users keep backups of their systems and >> data .. not enough me thinks? > > Ditto...I have backups of all of my important data at home, but not of > the operating systems or of the less important data. When something > breaks, I'll have a backup of all the important stuff, but I'll still > need to spend time on reinstalling the operating system, configuring > it, etc. I think this is true for most home users. Good point ... and the rest of the story is; all important data is backed up data. By definition, if it is not backed up, it is not important <period> Regards, Ray