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Jim Slager

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April 4th, 2006 18:00

How safe is my raid 1

I recently got an XPS 400 desktop and I am happy with it (except the disk is noisy). I ordered 160GB Data Security RAID 1 (2 x 160GB SATA HDDs).

My question is: How safe is this disk? Should I be backing it up on an external disk like I did with my last computer?

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Posted April 4th, 2006 21:00

Yes. Data could be deleted accidently, a Virus, etc. You may want a older version of the file etc. I have my RAID 1 system backed up by Norton Ghost daily. Allows me to keep 30-60 days of files changes on a seperate disk. Besides this I backup to DVD once in a while file I need to backup, this process I do not do as much as I should but...
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Posted April 5th, 2006 00:00
But the disk itself is safe from a disk failure? It is two separate disks and if one fails the one still works?
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Posted April 5th, 2006 01:00
I had one failure, everything kept functioning. Replaced failed disk and re-build Disk-Array. Worked like a charm. Only down time was when I replaced the disk.