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Old 06-15-2012, 01:58 PM   #66
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Originally Posted by avantman42 View Post
Ouch. I'm intending to set up a NAS at some point, and I'd been debating whether to buy a NAS box or build my own. After reading that, I think I'll build my own - at least then I can make sure that I'll be able to get the data off the drives if something other than the drives fails.
RAID is for availability of the data, it is not a backup. You still need to backup the data on a NAS/RAID box.

If you make the mistake of getting it because you think that means you won't have to back the data up anymore, you'll end up in the same situation Harry was.
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