backing up my 6TB server

[chronic9]

Currently, i have 2 Raid 0s (3 tb each)

and then i have dual bay externals to backup the data onto those external volumes...

should i just stuff the backup drives into my server and make a raid 10? or is external solution better for backups?

 

[Shockey]

Problem with stuffing them into a raid 10. What if the raid controller dies?

Play it safe use external

 

[jay2472000]

I would just stay external if I were you, with the caveat that you stay diligent on the backups.

If you go to raid 10 you just transformed a backup solution to a server solution.

 

[chronic9]

ya i currently have a rosewill external that supports BIG, so thats convenient... i would cry/lol if BOTH my array died and then the external died too

 

[Nacho]

It has been reiterated time and time again, raid is NOT a backup. It is just fault tolerance. Granted raid 10 does give the highest reasonably priced fault tolerance it is not bullet proof.

Keep with the externals to backup your main arrays, as you already have the externals to do so.

On a side note, most same type controllers (onboard I'm talking about here) will pickup a array on a new board.

 

[chronic9]

i dont care about a $40 rosewill usb case dieing.... as long as my array is healthy

just if BOTH die at once..... lol