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    External Hard Drive: To RAID or not to RAID?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by DefconZero, Jun 4, 2009.

  1. DefconZero

    DefconZero Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys,

    So I'm in the market for an external hard drive since I just got my new laptop.

    Now my question is this, am I being too paranoid thinking I should get a Dual-Bay External with RAID for all my *stuff* (music, movies, documents, etc etc)?

    Or should I just get a plain old external enclosure and slap in a big hard drive?

    Thanks

    Wes
     
    DefconZero, Jun 4, 2009
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    Paranoid? Nah.

    But it is much easier and simpler to just use an external storage for personal data.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jun 4, 2009
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    aidil Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm sure you are referring to those RAID mirroring mode right? If you have the budget for these kinds of external hard drive, then go for it. I know I've once lost many precious family photos stored in external hard drive after more than 1 year of usage. I wished that I had run the drive on RAID 1 mode, instead of RAID 0. :(
     
    aidil, Jun 5, 2009
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