Re: Dell Zino HD
Anton <[email protected]>
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Well, it's not. But since we are all linux users we can use it as 2 different harddisks and write a small shell script to run rdiff-backup --many-options (let me know if you want mine) sync hdparm -S /dev/sdb I do it on my laptop and external usb hdd. Cheap and convenient ;-) 2010/1/14 Sylvain Bougerel <[email protected]>: > Repeat after me: "RAID is *not* a Backup solution". > > "Do not want to lose the family photos and videos" > Therefore you need *backup*, not RAID. Sorry. > > Why? Because if your little lovely child clicks delete on the > directory that contains your family photos and videos, RAID or not, > they're gone. > > > The purpose of RAID1 is for quick hardware replacement, when resource > availability becomes a necessity (generally not for a home media > center, but for a company LDAP server, for exemple), and also, with > good RAID controllers (hardware or software) it improves I/O perfs on > reads. RAID1 does not goes beyond this functionality AFAIK. > > > So you should think of a flexible backup solution (simply, I use rsync > on some folders and I have an external USB drive that I never moves, > to mitigate failures due to transportation), rather than thinking of > implementing RAID1. > > Cheers, > Sylvain > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:05 PM, P.V.Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Thinking of having a media center plus would want to surf the net on the >> plasma tv. >> >> Was looking at Dell Inspiron Zino HD. Unfortunately it comes with Windows. >> Tried asking them to sell without Windows but they are not willing. >> >> http://www1.ap.dell.com/sg/en/home/desktops/inspiron-zino-hd/pd.aspx?refid=inspiron-zino-hd&s=dhs&cs=sgdhs1 >> >> Is there any other brand or models that has similar specs with the Zino. The >> most important is the ablity to install or connect two 3.5 sata hard drives. >> The reason for that is so that the hard disk can be software raid 1. Do not >> want to lose the family photos and videos. >> >> Any suggestions for small hardware? Going to install Fedora 12. >> >> P.V.Anthony >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] >> List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq >> Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet >> To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected] >> > > _______________________________________________ > LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] > List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]