(28/07/2010 06:27 AM)S7* Wrote:  

(28/07/2010 05:31 AM)Vegetano1 Wrote:  

(28/07/2010 04:37 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  

(28/07/2010 04:30 AM)Vegetano1 Wrote:  i had fail to see the use of raid,.

Protection if one drive decides to die.

i had nevar lost a drive,. hehe

Lucky man :P

Same here. Except for when I torture test old drives from the 90's that have no use. Running them in open air without casing, dropping them, Barbecue'ing them, magnets, the list goes on. It's surprising just how much a drive will take before it gives up. Most recent one was an old 4GB Fujitsu. I filled it to the brim with random poo poo, ran it without casing and dropped screws onto the spinning platter. Carried on regardless. All the data on it was readable. Strangely it could cope with that but not being left for a week without casing causing the platter to get covered in dust. Even after cleaning it wouldnt read anything.

It died a noble death.