[Hervé]

hello,

I am about to invest in a raid system...

any tips, recommandations, advice are more than welcome...

Thank you
h.

btw. Macpro 3.2 - 8 cores - running win xp64

[Bubbaloo]

What configuration? In my office workstation, I built it with 2- 150GB 10k Raptors that are mirrored. It saved my @ss recently when one drive failed.

Edit: Quit double posting

[Hervé]

Thank you Brian.. what config..? do you mean what raid..? I guess I am interested in Raid-1.. mirroring...

I am running winxp64.. but on a MacPro intel 5400 dual 8 cores.. so I have no idea..

do you have a raid controller card.. or is it a raid soft solution..

I looked at raid cards from apple store.. and they really have bad critics...

thank you

[Bubbaloo]

I believe mine is an Intel. Great help huh?

[ivox3]

Hervé ... You don't have to get all that complicated.

Another external drive that's running backup software will suffice.

Best external drive on the market.
http://www.fantomdrives.com/products/greendrive.htm


It comes with backupsoftware.

This is a very simple drive --- plug it in (eSATA), windows will recognize it, ... your done.

If you don't have an external eSATA port ... you can buy a pci card...

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.a ... 6815280005

[Hervé]

ahhh cool.. ok.. so these are he best ones of the entire world..? good to know... but now what about these other disks with non contact... what's the name again...?

anyway... good advice... so now this backup thing.... is it automatic.?. like everyday it automatically knows all new files I made, all "re"saved files, etc.. and makes a copy of it..?

Thanks for the input... input.. what a geeky word... hehe..

[Hervé]

btw, just a question I have...

I still can fit 2 more HDD in my mac.... is there a benefit having a backup solution external..

[Mihai]

Check out Syncback, the free version would be enough:

http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/compare.html

It can copy only new and changed files, with lots of options for filtering, backup intervals, works great for me

edit: maybe you need the SE version for 64bit.

[Hervé]

Thanks Mihai... I have just dl the SE trial... let's see...

btw, do you back-up to an internal or external drive...?

hervé

[ivox3]

ahhh cool.. ok.. so these are he best ones of the entire world..?

good to know... but now what about these other disks with non contact... what's the name again...?

anyway... good advice... so now this backup thing.... is it automatic.?. like everyday it automatically knows all new files I made, all "re"saved files, etc.. and makes a copy of it..?

Thanks for the input... input.. what a geeky word... hehe..

I say they're the best. Before I bought it, I checked hundreds ++ reviews for all drives -- and this particular drive had essentially no technical complaints.

What's good about it is that it throttles down or goes into idle mode when not being accessed, ...it is 100% silent and cool to the touch. You don't want a backup drive (that never gets turned off) to be constantly spinning/stressing/getting hot/annoying etc.. KWIM.

The non-contact thing you refer to is SSD (solid state disk), ... that's not for storage purposes -- too expensive per gigabyte, ...that's something for using as a primary C: partition.

[Hervé]

ahhh.. thanks for clearing things.. well then an external drive + Syncback, and I should be up and running...

Thank you so much for the good advice..

[Hervé]

Mihai, I forg to ask you.. (I am not sure).. Can I also make a mirror (clone) of my entire system and apps... in case..

[Hervé]

hey now I remember.. Tom gave me that link a while ago..

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/pr ... trueimage/

does it stands as a good product..?

[Hervé]

okeyyy.. I really like that one...

http://www.lacie.com/fr/products/product.htm?pid=11394

it has an integrated raid-0 and raid-1 .... you get only 1T with Raid one.. but then I get max security.. oui oui...

[ivox3]

I looked at those too ... bad drive, ...sorry H. All looks bro... all looks.

Research Lacie vs. complaints ... the number is disproportionately high.



I told you which one to get... Can you not find it in France ?