[TriLUG] RAID newbie question...

[Jon Carnes]

On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 13:53, Chris Merrill wrote:
> The other RAID thread got me thinking...my home server finally has enough
> important stuff on it to be worth doing some sort of backups (IOW, I'm not
> just playing around, anymore).
> 
> However, I have a strong (and possibly irrational) aversion to tape drives.
> Would a simple RAID IDE setup keep me backed up?  In other words, can I set
> it up to essentially mirror one drive onto the other?
> 
> I saw the following on eBay...would it suffice for my needs?
>    "3WARE DUAL IDE RAID CONTROLLER MODEL: 7000-2"
> 
> TIA,
> Chris
> 
> p.s.
> I realize that this would only protect me from hardware failure - not
> accidentally deleting a file that I really need.  Hardware failure is my
> primary concern, since it is running on old hardware (350MHz, 6G drive).
> 
Protect yourself from both accidental deletion and hardware failure...
Install the second IDE drive and simply do daily backups (automate them
via CRON).

I generally keep a daily backup, and a weekly backup on my secondary IDE
drive.  Works a charm, and has saved me at least once from my kids
deleting my home directory (now they have their own logins...)

Jon