Re: Simplest and cheapest RAID

[Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>]

On 9/16/2010 5:57 PM, Greg Madden wrote:
> On Thursday 16 September 2010 08:14:53 T o n g wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > How practical is to create a simplest and cheapest RAID, using 2
> > partitions on the same disk, combining them as a RAID drive?
> >
> > By "practical" I meant,
> >
> > - I would assume less than 0.000001% people would do that so I can't find
> > any documents.
> >
> > - Having 2 partitions might not give me much advantage in safety, so the
> > pay off is pity comparing to the hoops that I need to jump through.
> >
> > As you can see, I'm still "scared" about this "complicated" RAID thing.
> >
> > Any comments or inputs?
>
> One aspect of raid is for drive failure protection, not partition protection.
> IMHO., the more spindles the better , even without using raid.

Agreed.  Drives are so cheap nowadays that a real RAID is affordable to
just about anybody.  Even if it had to be an external USB version.
(Says the man who isn't running one.  But I do have a backup system.)
--doug


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