RE: Re: Utterly Gutted

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately backing up data isn't always possible...

...I have somewhere around 3Tb on the server upstairs and there's no way in
hell I can back that up - it would in fact be cheaper to mirror it!

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Purves [mailto:CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 29 August 2004 21:41
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Utterly Gutted
>
> Hi,
>
> Yes - I always told other people to backup - just never
> followed my own advice - I thought my raid system removed the
> requirement - silly me. Oh well I'll get over it no doubt. At
> least we have hard copies of most of the photos!
>
>
> Chris
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: ianh1000<mailto:ianh1000@xxxxxxx>
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>   Sent: 29 August 2004 21:15
>   Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Utterly Gutted
>
>
>
>   Hi Chris, My thoughts are with you, having lost this sort of data in
>   the past I know what it is like. I recommend/sell many RAID
> solutions
>   at work upt to many tens of TB but you still need to back them up.
>   They may offer more protection that a single disk but do not cover a
>   RAID control failer or even more often user error. If you
> delete data
>   by istake it it taken away from a RAID solution just the same.
>
>   Whatever technology you use, BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP!
>
>   Regards
>   Ian
>
>   --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris" <phil@a...>
wrote:
>   >
>   > Didn't Graham Howe have a similar problem about a year ago?
>   >
>   > Shitty luck though - my comiserations.
>   >
>   > Phil
>   >
>   > > -----Original Message-----
>   > > From: Christopher Purves [mailto:CHRIS_PURVES@M...]
>   > > Sent: 29 August 2004 21:00
>   > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   > > Subject: [ukha_d] Utterly Gutted
>   > >
>   > > Hi All,
>   > >
>   > > Just thought I would share this tale of woe with you so
some
>   > > of you don't make the mistakes I did......
>   > >
>   > > I had build a raid 5 system around the promise sx6000
>   > > hardware raid card with 6 x superstore caddies (not cheap
by
>   > > any stretch of the imagination) thinking this would keep
my
>   > > data safe. One of the drives failed yesterday -  I didn't
>   > > panic - put in a replacement - the array rebuilt itself
and
>   > > all the lights went green. Rebooted XP and nothing.....
the
>   > > array appeared as un-partitioned space. All the data is
gone
>   > > including all our photos (including those of my newborn
>   > > daughter) / videos all our documents. The 500 albums I
ripped
>   > > and god knows what else.
>   > >
>   > > I just wanted everyone who has raid setup and thinks they
are
>   > > in any way safe to get out there by the DVD-r's and get
>   > > backing up - Raid as far as I can see is worthless. The
one
>   > > time I needed it it failed.
>   > >
>   > >
>   > > Chris (Gutted)
>   > >
>   > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>   > >
>   > >
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