[X4U] hard drive configuration

[alexandre]

hi, and sorry for not being clear enough!

i'll rephrase my question: is it reasonable or safe to partition a 2Tb  
hard drive configured as raid0, or am i looking for trouble?

i'm no expert, but the thought of merging two 1Tb drives together and  
then partitioning them into 2 (or more) partitions just seems awkward…

as for the reliability of the drive; yes i thinks it's reliable. but  
since i need to buy yet another drive (to have an off-site back-up,  
not because the MyBook isn't reliable…!) i know it won't be a western  
digital: the auto sleep mode is not user-configurable, the in-house  
formatting utility doesn't offer enough flexibilty, etc…

hope i've made myself clearer.

kind regards, alexandre

On Jul 1, 2008, at 11:18 , Eugene wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 03:51:52AM CDT, alexandre  
> <list at kapellos.com> wrote:
>>
>> hi (and sorry for what maybe a dumb question?)
>> is it ok to partition a hard drive that's configured as raid0?
>>
>> i've just bought a western digital mybook studio edition II and it  
>> can't
>> be configured as jbod :-( and i don't want my daily back-ups to be  
>> on the
>> the partition/drive/whatever as my archives.
>
> Unless you are working with dozens or hundreds of hard drives,
> anything like JBOD or RAID 0 is impractical for most users.
> What exactly are you want to do?  Daily backups on your new
> external drive?  CarbonCopyCloner should be enough.  And what
> kind of backup do you mean?  Without more specific information,
> I broadly state that partitioning should be avoided.
>
>> on a side note, i'll be buying a second 2Tb drive to have an offsite
>> back-up of my back-up. this will probably be a lacie drive. i'm not
>> entirely convinced by the mybook?
>
> What is your question?  Are you asking whether your WD MyBook
> is reliable?


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20080702/426358cd/attachment-0001.html