On Jul 14, 12:40 pm, Kris Tilford <ktilfo...@cox.net> wrote: > On Jul 14, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > > > I'm really hoping that somebody chimes in on this because I have the > > same question. > > Software RAID works on any matched pair of HDs, internal, external, > whatever you have. Mirroring is mirroring, so this means if you screw > up the software so that it won't boot, the "mirror" will also be > screwed up.
This should not be an issue, as the only thing on the mirrors will be the iTunes music folder (assuming iTunes still let's one choose the location.) The OS and apps will still be on the Mini's internal drive, and if it gets hosed, it is easily restored from the original disks. >Apple's official solution to backup is Time Machine, which > has the advantage of "going backwards in time" to get to a state that > was known good. Theoretically this makes a Time Machine backup more > robust and preferable to a mirror RAID backup. Time Machine requires > Leopard. Thank you for the information. I will want to come up with some removable back up strategy as well, but Time Machine isn't it. I'm considering BDR. The blanks are down to about $1 each now. DVDR is still cheaper in $/GB, but one needs about six times as many disks. Sigh. I *liked* DAT, but the capacity is just too small now and the newer higher capacity stuff is too expensive still. Maybe I'll start a backup thread later. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
