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From: Billy Holmes <billy@gonoph.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Upgrading to Raid
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:54:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4317160A.9080308@gonoph.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <431684E3.60505@internode.on.net>

Chris S wrote:
> if the answer is yes, then perhaps save your money, invest in a hdd and 
> usb 2 / firewire drive and backup.

in my experience usb and firewire drives are not good backup devices. A 
good backup device is one that does not go tits up when you need to 
retreive the data.

usb and firewire enclosed drives get banged around a lot - even if 
you're careful.
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  reply	other threads:[~2005-09-01 14:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-09-01  3:46 [gentoo-amd64] Upgrading to Raid scotthathcock
2005-09-01  3:59 ` Nuitari
2005-09-01  4:18   ` Chris S
2005-09-01  4:34 ` Chris S
2005-09-01 14:54   ` Billy Holmes [this message]
2005-09-01  5:29 ` Kyle Liddell
2005-09-01  5:36 ` Francisco Perez
2005-09-02 10:02   ` Joshua Hoblitt
2005-09-02 13:22     ` Matt Randolph
2005-09-02 19:56       ` Joshua Hoblitt
2005-09-03  9:54   ` Florian D.
2005-09-03 20:45     ` Homer Parker
2005-09-04 17:16       ` Florian D.
2005-09-03  0:04 ` Florian D.
2005-09-03  1:24   ` Francisco Perez
2005-09-03  3:18     ` Nuitari

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