with all respect, unless someone is hardware illiterate, a RAID0 card
I assume you meant RAID1.
When people who do storage for a living and are considered experts in the field say they won't trust consumer raid solutiatons, I listen to'em..
The above, combined with two unfortunate personal experiences with cheap RAID cards, convinced me to bail on cheapo RAID solutions. Not going back to the (IMO) false sense of security from cheapo RAID cards, thanks, and think others should be aware of the pitfalls and alternative options.
the biggest failure point of a backup system is human intervention. the possibility of making a mistake and copying the wrong drive over, or simply forgetting to back up is very real.
Once scheduled, there's no human intervention required for
DeltaCopy SyncToy Free FileSync.
Argentum costs money and your computer has to be on all the time to take advantage of scheduled backups
If you read the thread, I've edited to recommend -against- using Argentum (now recommend
DeltaCopy SyncToy Free FileSync). You're right that using these tools requires the PC to be on. :shrugs:
As for it costing money, so do the cheapo RAID cards. I'm willing to pay a few bucks for good software that does what I want it to do (unfortunately, Argentum doesn't, and fortunately,
DeltaCopy SyncToy Free FileSync does and is free): CDWave, for example, which it seems very few around here actually purchase, is a great, inexpensive option for tracking -- well worth purchasing a license, even though free alternatives exist.