Re: [clug-talk] External Hard Drive

2014-05-30 Thread Bogi
Hi Joe, Having a single drive external, while better than nothing is way not as good as having a 2 bay / drive raid 1 enclosure. in terms of safety i am talking. A step up in terms of safety would be a 4 drive raid 1 or 5 enclosure. A step up in all these cases, is having the drives/enclosures a

Re: [clug-talk] External Hard Drive

2014-05-30 Thread Gustin Johnson
Just a couple of comments: RAID 5 is to be avoided at all costs. This is a complicated topic but the short answer is that I don't know anyone for whom RAID5 is a good idea. Raid 1, 10, and 6 are the levels that interest you. "Green" branded drives are fine since most NAS enclosures do not use a

Re: [clug-talk] External Hard Drive

2014-05-30 Thread Joe S
Thanks for the info. I'll have to look at raid. Don't know anything about it at the moment and don't really have the time at present. NAS I'm assuming to make it worthwhile I would have to have someplace outside my residence to back up to? On Fri, 30 May 2014 11:43:45 -0600 Gustin Johnson wrote: