[DM-MUG] Using RAID with Tiger

[John Robertson]

Thank you Matt, Jon and Anastasia,


Thank you for clarifying my understanding of Raid types with your  
well thought out detailed explanations. Matt - thanks for the  
correction, you had me scratching my head for a minute but I knew  
what you meant ;)

After reading your explanations, I think I'll be testing a setup  
using RAID 1,  it makes the most sense for my application use.
I plan on using it for my dedicated machine that is used to transfer  
up to 100 gigs of data a day. The time it takes me to do this is more  
important than the data because the video data is still on the tapes  
and could be re-transferred if necessary. A nightly backup of this  
data is not practical for many reasons but I'm thinking if the drive  
does decide to fail, it will most likely do so on my last tape while  
I'm transferring data and then the whole days work is wasted. This is  
why I think Raid 1 might be a good way to go. At the price of drives  
today, I think it's worth the extra insurance.

I was hoping for a speed improvement like you say you get with other  
Raid setups but It's not worth the risk.

You guys/Gals are great! Thanks,
    John Robertson


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