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Posted by UncleMike on 07/18/06 07:58
Scott Dorsey wrote:
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> If you have a critical system where you can't survive a drive failure
> because even the loss of a day to reload from backup is a problem, then
> get a RAID unit. And make sure the RAID unit is properly set up; I have
> seen so many folks who have RAID systems set up with no redundancy because
> they don't realize that they need it.
> --scott
Or because they are using the RAID in a video editing rig for the speed
of data access rather than the redundancy.
If the source tapes are logged properly and stored carefully a drive
crash is little more than a (potentially expensive and time-consuming)
nuisance in such a scenario. Fix the crashed drive, redigitize and
voila. Happens quite a lot in networked systems actually.
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