--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Simon \(HB9DRV\)" <simon.br...@...> wrote: > > FWIW with the exception of laptops I always run RAID 1 (mirror). I've had > disks die but never lost data as a result in far too many years of coding.
Note that RAID is protection against a disk failure, but not against some other kinds of mishaps. If you, or your computer, should accidentally delete or scribble on some files it will corrupt the RAID copies equally. So it's good to have backup copies that are safe from that kind of destruction.
