--- On Sun, 10/25/09, Gabor Gombas <gombasg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I am shocked at all who think that human error is so
> prevalent, and in
> > fact obviates the case for RAID as backup. I've
> run Debian for 12
> > years on all my personal servers and remember
> literally only 3 or 4
> > cases in that time where I muggered something up and
> had to go to
> > backup. There must be alot of fsckups out
> there...
>
> Again, RAID is _not_ backup. "Backup" is something that can
> retrieve a
> file if you've deleted it or if you've accidentally
> overwritten it. RAID
> cannot do that.
You are not understanding the words what are coming out of my mouf...
> > Now a backup by cron is nice and all, but what if it
> silently fails in
> > some obscure way?
>
> There are a couple of golden rules about backups. One such
> rule is that
> you should check at regular intervals that your backup is
> intact,
LOL
For terabytes? Get real.
> > This is one thing I like about RAID or ZFS, it lets
> > you know when anything's wrong.
>
> No. They let you know when a limited set of errors
> conditions occur.
> Neither RAID nor ZFS will complain if you delete the wrong
> file or if
> you accidentally overwrite the show you've recorded
> yesterday. A good
> backup solution protects you from both.
Again, you are not understanding.
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