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Gear / Technical Help => Post-Processing, Computer / Streaming / Internet Devices & Related Activity => Topic started by: plucks on June 11, 2008, 07:52:05 AM
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Is this external HD compatible with most any computer system?
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=205770649
the Disk Array RAID label i am not familiar with.
or, would this be more appropriate?
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=A1459415&cs=19&c=us&l=en&dgc=CJ&cid=24471&lid=566643
thanks!
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What's the intended usage of the HDD(s)? Simply more storage space? Real-time mirroring and redundancy (data is mirrored on the fly, all the time)? Reasonable redundancy (data is mirrored once a day)? Something else? Do you plan to add these HDDs in addition to a disaster / recovery plan, like optical or magnetic media and / or offsite backup?
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Regarding RAID, a post I just made in a similar thread:
Personally, I think RAID is overkill for data that <a> doesn't change rapidly and <b> isn't mission-critical. Additionally, IME most inexpensive RAID solutions use RAID controllers that I wouldn't trust any farther than I could throw them. If I'm not going full enterprise-quality RAID, I'm not going RAID at all. But that's me. My solution: reasonable redundancy without RAID (http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,65307.0.html).
Summary:
- Multiple HDDs in an external case (firewire in my case, but eSATA will work just as well)
- Mirrored nightly. More info in the reasonable redundancy (http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=65307.msg876225#msg876225) thread.
Pros:
- Inexpensive
- Works great
- Easy to set up
- Very reliable
- Doesn't rely on a cheapo / proprietary RAID controller
- Easily recoverable in the case of HDD crash, etc.
Cons:
- Doesn't have the cachet of an uber-geek RAID setup
- Less usable HDD space v. RAID5 (though same as RAID1)