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I'm not sure about this. Seriously, I'm the last person to argue using Wintel instead of iSeries, but my wife's machine has run non-stop since I loaded it. I reboot it every three or four days because Windows leaks memory like a sieve, but the machine is never off. Personally, I think RAID is only for transaction data -- things that change. You don't need RAID or mirroring if the data is fairly static, you just need a good backup. In this case, you can back up the PC to the WD network drive, and still have a 300GB solution for well under $1000. PC drive crashes, switch to the network drive and put a new drive in the PC. If you're ultra-paranoid, buy a second network drive, and you're still at about $1100. Or, if you insist on RAID, Electronix sells a 360GB RAID5 tower for about $2000 (you can get 1TB for about $3000, or 6TB for $10K). www.raidweb.com Joe > From: JOberholtzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > While I can accept Joe's points regarding the pricing of equipment, keep > in > mind the disk drive on that user class PC is not built for 24/hr/365 day > spin time. It is engineered to only spin for 8 hours/day 5 days a week, > because lets face it , that is good enough for most PCs. Are the > documents you are going to be storing in a position to be recovered easily > if that non-raid, non-mirrored drive fails? What about the cost of > recovery and replacement equipment, cheezed off users and bosses, etc.
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