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Posted by blackburst@aol.com on 02/18/07 03:11
On Feb 4, 4:36 am, P.C. Ford <m...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
> On 04 Feb 2007 07:22:51 GMT, sgor...@changethisparttohardbat.com
> wrote:
>
> >P.C. Ford <m...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
> >: A screw-up like this is not caused by one thing...it usually takes a
> >: series of screw-ups. That is certainly the case here. The first was
> >: choosing RAID 0.
>
> >RAID-0 sacrifices reliability for speed... it's usually used for things
> >like real time video capture, where speed is essential but the data would
> >be moved somewhere else for storage. Using RAID-0 for data storage with
> >no backup seems an almost comical strategy.
>
> Thanks I needed that....why do people need to come along to point out
> what is patently obvious? Misanthropy? Sadism?
>
> When I set up the machine, I wanted to do a 0 + 1. The controller
> required SATA to do this. My old computer was slow; I went with the
> RAID 0. I shouldn't have. Two drives with back-ups would have been
> better. I screwed up.
>
> There, does that make you feel better?
P.C.
Don't feel bad. This sort of thing has happened to many of us. We all
make choices, we make mistakes, we learn and we move on. Good luck in
pulling the project back together. We're pulling for ya!
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