[Gllug] Hardware RAID On-Disc Format

Martin A. Brooks martin at clues.ltd.uk
Mon Mar 15 12:48:04 UTC 2004


On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 12:44, Doug Winter wrote:
> I had, perhaps naively, assumed that the disk format on the individual
> drives was going to be whatever the OS thought it was.  Anyone know
> anything about this?  I'm quite tempted to test it, because I'd hate to
> be left up the proverbial by a vendor going bust.

Your friend is largely correct.  Using RAID doesn't mitigate the need
for a regular, tested backup regime.

Regards
-- 
Martin A. Brooks, Clues Ltd
http://www.clues.ltd.uk/

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