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>> I would backup by data - but what exactly do you back 200GB up onto?
>> Besides, most of it isn't very valuable data.
>
> Most of what I backup is photos. The rest is coding projects, lots of POV, odd
> documents... As for where to - external HD, of course.
Uhuh. And this second HD is less likely to fail... why, exactly?
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>> Most of what I backup is photos. The rest is coding projects, lots of
>> POV, odd
>> documents... As for where to - external HD, of course.
>
> Uhuh. And this second HD is less likely to fail... why, exactly?
The point is that in order to lose your data, the 2nd drive needs to fail
after the 1st one has failed but before you have a chance to copy back the
data to the replacement, so maybe 3 or 4 days. The probability of that
happening is much less than a single drive failing at some point. If you
are really paranoid, then just buy 2 external HDs (different brands might be
a good idea), they are ridiculously cheap nowadays anyway.
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> >> I would backup by data - but what exactly do you back 200GB up onto?
> >> Besides, most of it isn't very valuable data.
> >
> > Most of what I backup is photos. The rest is coding projects, lots of POV, odd
> > documents... As for where to - external HD, of course.
>
> Uhuh. And this second HD is less likely to fail... why, exactly?
Well, I guess some drives fail arbitrarily, but I would think a drive that gets
hammered constantly is more likely to fail than one that just gets one long
write sequence every week.
And, what Scott said.
(okay, so maybe 'paranoiacally frequently' was innaccurate, especially compared
with RAID...:)!)
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>>>> I would backup by data - but what exactly do you back 200GB up onto?
>>>> Besides, most of it isn't very valuable data.
>>> Most of what I backup is photos. The rest is coding projects, lots of POV, odd
>>> documents... As for where to - external HD, of course.
>> Uhuh. And this second HD is less likely to fail... why, exactly?
>
> Well, I guess some drives fail arbitrarily, but I would think a drive that gets
> hammered constantly is more likely to fail than one that just gets one long
> write sequence every week.
>
> And, what Scott said.
>
> (okay, so maybe 'paranoiacally frequently' was innaccurate, especially compared
> with RAID...:)!)
I was under the impression that power cycles stress a HD more than
regular use... But hey, having duplicate copies has gotta be better than
not having them I guess.
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scott wrote:
> of that happening is much less than a single drive failing at some
> point.
Especially if the second drive is only turned on for backups (like a USB
drive, for example).
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
My fortune cookie said, "You will soon be
unable to read this, even at arm's length."
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"[GDS|Entropy]" <gds### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:49ab6fcb@news.povray.org...
> Sweet!
> Thanks for the info.
> I have to work on this machine in its current state until I can get a
> drive tomorrow, but its creeping slow...will I mess anything up by
> continuing to use it in this state, or installing stuff?
Should not matter. When you mirror you are just creating a copy of the
current drive state.
However, keep in mind that the chance of total failure was much lower with
two drives than you have now with one.
Mike
> ian
>
> "Mike Hough" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:49ab6a09$1@news.povray.org...
>>> I have another open HDD bay, can I add another SATA HDD to the RAID1
>>> matrix, or do I need two more?
>>
>> You should be able to plug in a new drive and mirror the one that still
>> works to rebuild the array. Just make sure you select the right one to
>> mirror :)
>>
>> I have gone through about 3 drives in the last 4 years and just mirror
>> the data each time, along with occasional backups of important files onto
>> DVD.
>>
>
>
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Its cool now, I've replaced my dead(?) drive.
When my system recovered from a critical error, which is when this happened,
microsoft said it was caused by my AV. Is it possible that my HDD isn't
really dead?
If it is still chill, I'm going to throw it back in the matrix with my new
one, so I'll have 3.
Anyone know anything about that? MSs' description was kinda dubiously
ambiguous.
I think I'm going to get two of those nice WD 1Tb RAID 1 mirrored external
USB units, crap, they are only $199 at tiger direct now, they would be
perfect.
ian
"Mike Hough" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
news:49ac44a2@news.povray.org...
> "[GDS|Entropy]" <gds### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
> news:49ab6fcb@news.povray.org...
>> Sweet!
>> Thanks for the info.
>> I have to work on this machine in its current state until I can get a
>> drive tomorrow, but its creeping slow...will I mess anything up by
>> continuing to use it in this state, or installing stuff?
>
> Should not matter. When you mirror you are just creating a copy of the
> current drive state.
>
> However, keep in mind that the chance of total failure was much lower with
> two drives than you have now with one.
>
> Mike
>
>
>> ian
>>
>> "Mike Hough" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
>> news:49ab6a09$1@news.povray.org...
>>>> I have another open HDD bay, can I add another SATA HDD to the RAID1
>>>> matrix, or do I need two more?
>>>
>>> You should be able to plug in a new drive and mirror the one that still
>>> works to rebuild the array. Just make sure you select the right one to
>>> mirror :)
>>>
>>> I have gone through about 3 drives in the last 4 years and just mirror
>>> the data each time, along with occasional backups of important files
>>> onto DVD.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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If you use Windows or another OS with Power Management make the HHDs
sleep after 10 mins of inactivity, that a check with a diag program like
everest (www.lavalys.com) to see the temp of them, if they're above 40,
buy them HDDs coolers, but you must be careful: if the coolers have no
shor-circuit protection (like the ones in my country) the moment the
fans stop spinning they will short-circuited probably damaging your
power supply, but if the coolers have the protection you are OK.
I tell the user if you hear a weird sound call me, is time to
re-lubricate the HDD coolers' fans and you are fine for another year or so.
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Saul Luizaga wrote:
> If you use Windows or another OS with Power Management make the HHDs
> sleep after 10 mins of inactivity
There is no such thing as "inactivity" on my computer.
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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Saul Luizaga wrote:
>> If you use Windows or another OS with Power Management make the HHDs
>> sleep after 10 mins of inactivity
>
> There is no such thing as "inactivity" on my computer.
hahaha, well my friend you could then try to buy a HDD that spins slower
to avoid rapid wear off, cheers :)
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