Hello mark!   
      
   04 Jul 2013 16:39, mark lewis wrote to Benny Pedersen:   
      
    ml> RAID is -=NOT=- a backup strategy...   
      
   lol :)   
      
    ml> RAID is only for storage, access    
    ml> speed, and redundancy...   
      
   i dont agree, it was a backup for me, i still in progress to migrade to   
   another nas for now, 3.6TB to be moved just not take under one sec :)   
      
    ml> even data stored on a RAID must be backed up...   
      
   in raid6 there is built in backup   
      
    ml> loose your RAID card or take a lightening strike that destroys    
    ml> the machine and see how much data you can get that's workable...   
      
   fair for hardware raid, but its not that hard with software raid with ups   
   backup, some hardware raid have batterie backup on the controller, it just   
   dont have it for the drives   
       
    ml> off-site backups do not have this problem...   
      
   well i will handle it properly in that way when i have now 2 nas boxes with   
   more then 3.6TB space now   
      
   and linux :)   
      
      
    Regards Benny   
      
   ... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)   
      
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