On 03/15/18 12:24, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
Le 15/03/2018 à 06:01, David Christensen a écrit :2. Instead of RAID1, use a checksumming file system (btrfs), take images periodically, put key configuration files into a version control system, and backup data daily. This is what I do for all my system drives.All these techniques are backup. RAID does not have the same purpose. RAID (with redundancy) is designed to provide availability.
Let me add that mine is a SOHO network that does not require 24x7 uptime. And, since switching to solid-state system drives, I have yet to experience a system drive hardware failure. My most common failure mode is instability due to system administration mistakes and root software development bugs. RAID1 won't help me; recovering from an earlier known-good image will.
Virtual machine snapshots make recovery even easier.If/when the Debian Installer supports ZFS boot and encrypted root, I can install ZFS snapshotting software and will have yet another option.
David