backup or thrill?
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From Kirill Frolov → To All 8 November 2002
Press RESET immediately, Aleksandr!
06 Nov 02 22:38, Aleksandr Kolotukhin wrote to Kirill Frolov:
AK>>> When you need to unsubscribe 20GB, it’s already stressful. 3-4GB every week
AK>>> rewriting to RW drives is also not very good. What else exists for
AK>>> normal backup?
KF>> HDD array is the most accessible.
AK> Ahtoito? How does it look and work?
Several disks (minimum 2) connected through a special controller or
in the case of software implementation, connected through different IDE ports (loops).
Information on the disks is duplicated and in case of failure of at least one of
them
The computer can continue to operate normally. A faulty disk can be replaced
and the information on it can be recovered from other disks. There are different
options,
usually use mirroring (minimum 2 drives) when the information is on
drives
simply duplicated, or Raid level 5 when there are 3 or more drives.
It is worth noting that a disk array can burn out entirely if there is a faulty
source
power supply, may be formatted by malware, information may
be destroyed due to errors in programs, disks in drives can be
demagnetized under the influence of various anomalous phenomena such as UFOs... therefore
backup
still necessary.