05-22-2008, 11:54 PM
Quote:It can also add IO speed when you stripe data over multiple spindles. This is most important for data intensive applications, so not too much concern for gamers. This summer for my work we are implementing 6 iSCSI 16x1TB units in a raid 5 configuration for an application, and speed is a big factor, with reliability and recoverability being 2nd. We are mirroring entire enclosures using DFS, so we'll end up with about 45TB of storage which will never need backup.
I guess I should have added "... for the average home user.":)
When I want to backup data, I have a 500GB external USB drive and big ol' stack of blank DVDs :P