[olug] To RAID or not to RAID

[Obi-Wan]

On 09/22/2014 04:17 PM, Christopher R. White wrote:
> Now to replace the old tape drive with one of these and setup a backup job
> to run nightly -
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817998020&Tpk=N82E16817998020
> and maybe also a pair of 2 TB HDDs to go with it  ^_-

Is that hot-swap bay invisible to the OS, or does it impose another 
layer of software between the OS and your hard drive?

The drawback of the latter type of hot-plug bays (and tape drives, too) 
is that you're out of luck if your house burns down or the computer get 
stolen.  Sure, you've still got your data, but you can't access any of 
it until you get another tape drive of hot-swap bay.  If your backups 
are to a USB enclosure, you can plug that into any computer you get your 
hands on in the event of an emergency.

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