From: "Dorian Monroe" > I don't understand how anyone could consider RAID a "backup" plan. > 'Cause it's not. RAID-1 with a hot spare, where you periodically deactivate the spare, then slap a new spare in, then take the old spare and put it somewhere else, could be used as a backup. I believe they were referring to that method, since Alex said he was thinking about doing that in the message that started this thread. FWIW, the every-week connect+rsync of a USB2 drive and ~120G of data approach that I'm using takes about 5 minutes wall-clock and 30 seconds of plugging/unplugging and typing 2 commands. -- Matt G / Dances With Crows The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss