Linux Server Backup Solutions

Fri May 14 11:40:36 EDT 2004

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On Friday 14 May 2004 11:30 am, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> but you could setup RAID5 or RAID zero on the
> backup server too, to allow for some redundancy.

errr.....

RAID zero is  no redundancy. RAID zero is stripping. You loose 1 of the 
partitions and the whole RAID goes bye-bye.

Use: RAID-1 for total redundancy but waste of 50% of drive space
Use: RAID-5 for good redundancy and minimization of disk space wasting

Regards,
Josep
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Josep L. Guallar-Esteve		Eastern Radiologists, Inc.
Systems and Network Administration  http://www.easternrad.com
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