You're right, that would be the correct way of doing things - I'm just
too stingy! (hence the duffer old laptop!).
Stuart
funkstar wrote:
> hickinbottoms;313059 Wrote:
>
>> I suppose I
>> should remove the battery from the laptop so it will all 'fail' at the
>>
>> same time.
>>
> Or yo
hickinbottoms;313059 Wrote:
> I suppose I
> should remove the battery from the laptop so it will all 'fail' at the
>
> same time.
Or you could get a UPS for the drives. Wouldn't have to be a big one
and they aren't that expensive these days, not like they used to be.
--
funkstar
For an opinion on the external array question. I run such a RAID5 array
on Linux, with three external drives in USB2 enclosures, actually
connected to 4-USB port PCCard in a duffer old laptop. In such a setup,
because the data is spread over the three drives you'll lose write
performance due to
eq72521 wrote:
> This was all in FreeBSD, so I was able to have my actual music folder
> be just a directory of soft links to the actual artist directories on
> the music drives. This was nice because when browsing the music folder
> it was as if I had one big drive (at the expense of having to ma
1TB, I'm impressed. I've still not broken the 500GB barrier, currently
on one external drive, and I think at this point storage availability
will always outstrip my ability to fill it. However, back when drives
were smaller and more expensive, I had to span my collection across
multiple drives.
pfarrell;312994 Wrote:
>
> Raid is not backup.
Absolutely.
Just get another drive, and another backup drive (or two) to match it -
and if you can't get it to your buddy's house, at least store it
somewhere else in yours.
In the early '80s I was working for a PC software company. We got
broken
bmorejojo wrote:
>Is a RAID array really
> the easiest/most secure way to go?
Raid is not backup.
If you want backup, get another drive or a couple more.
External, internal, makes very little difference. External and then
storing the drive at your buddy's house is much more secure.
--
Pat Far
Well - it took me almost 18 months of daily work, but I have essentially
completed my conversion project. All of my CDs are fully processed. I
went the EAC/FLAC route. I absolutely love the SqueezeCenter server and
my 2 Squeezeboxes. It's a great joy. My Collection stands at 3356
albums/42766 song
