good to hear...

No data-loss? cuz I remember when my PSU died my compie lost like 50% or more of the whole HDD data...

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Originally posted by BOOsTER good to hear... No data-loss? cuz I remember when my PSU died my compie lost like 50% or more of the whole HDD data...

nope everything still intact although my cd writer wont work might have a play around with that tonight to see whats wrong with it.

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nice, congrats...I bet the CD writer wasn't your biggest concern anyway...so

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Originally posted by BOOsTER nice, congrats...I bet the CD writer wasn't your biggest concern anyway...so

no but wanted to back up my cubase files incase something major happens. takes a lucky escape like that to give you a wake up call to 'BACK UP OFTEN'

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great news man - my heart sunk for you a minute ago!

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This is why I keep all my data on a server with a 4 drive RAID 5 array, so even if there is a physical drive failure my data is safe.

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Originally posted by Eric J This is why I keep all my data on a server with a 4 drive RAID 5 array, so even if there is a physical drive failure my data is safe.

RAID doesn't replace backups. All sorts of things can happen to a server to make the data go boom.

If you've got a local copy on disk -and- the server copy then you've sort of got a quasi-backup, but if you run everything off the server directly then you're really not getting a lot of extra protection from the RAID.

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Originally posted by DigiNut RAID doesn't replace backups. All sorts of things can happen to a server to make the data go boom. If you've got a local copy on disk -and- the server copy then you've sort of got a quasi-backup, but if you run everything off the server directly then you're really not getting a lot of extra protection from the RAID.

That is true, but at this point it is certainly better then a single drive system. I've been thinking about a backup solution for the server that doesn't involve me buying another server with a RAID array or an expensive tape backup solution. The question I have for you is, what are my options for backup?

External disk is OK, but it is a single drive system, plus space is limited. Tape backup is expensive and generally unweildy in a home situation. I can always set up a script to transfer data to any of this media on a standard schedule (differential every 2 days, full each week), but I'm not certain that is the optimal solution for my situation.

What would you recommend to back up ~ 200-300GB worth of data?

You pretty much covered it. At this point in time, file-based backup (i.e. another hard drive) is almost as cheap as tape backup, cheaper if you're less than a terabyte or so.

I'd just buy a 500 gig drive and an external enclosure, back your server up on that. You don't need to have another expensive RAIDed server to back it up on, just have your stuff in two independent locations.

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That sounds like a good plan. I think I'll go that route. Backup is something most of us don't think about until disaster strikes, but I think it is smart to be as proactive as possible.

It looks as if the WD My Book Premium ES is a 500GB external drive that should satisfy a backup requirement just nicely, and its only $220!

Thanks for the advice, it is much appreciated.

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