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Originally Posted by videobunch
Backup drives as raid 0.
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Please... please.... PLEASE! Never use Raid0 and Backup in the same sentence. I am not trying to be a dick, but RAID0 (striping) can turn multiple drives in one large volume. However, if one drive fails ALL the data is lost. RAID5 is the closest "backup raid" you can get, but at the end of the day raid is about redundancy and not backup.
RAID0 is much better for making a speedy array of disks for high disk usage applications like video encoders that can bottle neck on the write speed of a single hard drive. Pretty much do not store anything on RAID0 you do not have backed up or do not want to risk losing.