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On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Layne Heiny wrote:

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RAID - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks The acronym says it all :-)

~ could you, please, give an example how a small user can benefit from RAID ?

I dunno. Just how short are you? :-) Seriously though; the redundancy comes into play especially if you don't do regular backups. If you don't mind losing everything when one drive dies, then you don't need RAID (or backups). RAID can also help in performance by striping data across several drives, reducing contention for access; which may not be a big deal depending on what you're doing with your machine at home. You still need a backup; a RAID with dutifully obey all remove and overwrite instructions. Human errors are *far* more likely to cause data loss than real hardware faults. -- Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning Perth, Western Australia -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq