Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives
Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> writes:
> After going through this several times lately, I think of it this way:
> $25 for a cheap part when better quality is $50. That cheap part WILL
> break and usually very soon. $25 DOWN THE DRAIN, boom, just like that
> when that same $25 could have gone towards that $50 part I now HAVE to
> buy anyway. Makes that $50 part now basically..... $75 with an
> increased potential for loss of critical data in the process.
Exactly --- it makes the $25 part cost $75 instead of $50, plus all the
trouble it gave you. Add to that the value of your time (and nerves and
data), and the $25 part suddenly costs a couple hundreds or thousands
(and something priceless).
On top of that, many times you don't even need to buy the more expensive
part because you can get a better part for the same money or for even
less. That's an advantage when you're short on money: you learn how to
do that.
--
Knowledge is volatile and fluid. Software is power.
Reply to: