At 12:34 PM -0400 3/15/11, Rich Roth wrote: >The bottom line is with RAID setups, a single drive crash will not lose >any data -- even the better cheap drives come with mirroring >available, so long >as it is 2 drive unit - just be sure to setup for the reliability mode. But wouldn't remote offsite backup also be a good idea? If your computer, single hard drive, and backup RAID array happened to be located in northeast Japan, your data is probably gone, along with your house. Not to be glib, but disasters are a real issue. -- _________________________________________________ Shel Horowitz - 413-586-2388/ shel at frugalfun.com -->Join the Business Ethics Pledge - Ten Years to Change the World, One Signature at a Time (please tell your friends) <http://www.business-ethics-pledge.org> Marketing consulting * copywriting * publishing assistance * speaking How to market ethically/effectively: http://www.frugalmarketing.com Ethics Blog: http://www.principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/ Books: http://www.frugalmarketing.com/shop.html _________________________________________________