[X4U] how long to clone drive?

Eugene list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net
Thu May 13 15:23:39 PDT 2010


On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:32:15AM CDT, Simon Forster <simon-lists at ldml.com> wrote:
> 
> On 13 May 2010, at 11:51, Eugene wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 04:09:23AM CDT, Simon Forster <simon-lists at ldml.com> wrote:
> 
> The point I'm rather trying to make here is that RAID may be great for
> the server room but is not well suited to a Small Office / Home Office
> (SOHO) environment - despite the fact that world+dog seems to be
> offering RAID storage devices specifically aimed at the SOHO market.

True dat.  RAID for SOHO is insane.  Anyone who needs that much
contiguous storage should spend the money on a SAN.

> Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use
> RAID." Now they have two problems.
> (Apologies to Jamie Zawinski)

Anyone here been his nightclub?  :)


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Eugene
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