On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 5:36 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > On 04/11/2015 11:22 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> >> RAID is not backup. > > > Hi Nico, > > She is well aware. > > And you are correct about goofing a file being > far more prevalent. > > Also, backup needs history, otherwise you can't restore > after the goofed file gets backed up. (Often times, > the user doesn't know they have goofed it up until they > open it again.)
Yeah, that's why I'm a big user of "rsnapshot". Lightweight, configurable, and doesn't require complex software packages: I especially use it for backing up "/etc" for systems where the owners believe in reconfiguring things locally with no source control. > You have any favorite hardware RAID controller that is SSD > friendly? > > -T I've been dealing more with industrial grade virtualization environments lately, and the vendors or in house support staff for those got really, really touchy when I asked them for part numbers. I had good success, and continue to see good reviews, for Adaptec controllers with *real* RAID, not kind-of-sort-of-software-RAID like a lot of the older, cheaper LSI and Promise cards I ran into more than 5 years back. And I *loved* 3Ware for performance, but rarely had the budget for them. Check the latest reviews for more information, it's been more than 10 years since I had a test rack for this sort of thing.
