[X4U] Leopard Features

[Greg Chapel]

I don't really see why you are comparing Time Machine to RAID. Time  
Machine is backup software. RAID is a HD storage system.

  Doesn't Tiger already support RAID right out of the  box. I haven't  
tried it myself as my macs are all portables, however I have set up  
RAID systems on Windows and Linux workstations. Usually it is fairly  
simple as long as you have a good RAID controller, multiple drives,  
good software, and know enough about RAID to set up the right typer  
for your needs.

On Aug 9, 2006, at 10:42 PM, Jim Scott wrote:

>
> On Aug 9, 2006, at 8:48 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:
>
>> This isn't a sarcastic comment, but how is that different from  
>> what is already present in Disk Utility, under the Raids tab?
>
> Yes, the RAIDs tab in Disk Utility will let OS X users set up RAID  
> configurations. But how many people have enough smarts not to  
> mention experience in setting up striped RAID sets, or mirrored  
> RAID sets, or even concatenated disk sets? And how many even know  
> what they are? Or care to know? Or even know what RAID means? I  
> anticipate that Time Machine will  take the mystery out of such  
> choices and make it easy for all users to use.
>
> Though 26 percent of OS X users back up, only 4 percent of all Mac  
> OS X users, according to the WWDC demo, actually back up on a  
> regular, proactive basis. I suspect a good part of Apple's data  
> comes from looking at how many .Mac subscribers such as myself use  
> Backup.
>
> In a similar vein, How many OS X users bother to learn how to do  
> command line stuff in Terminal? Isn't that what the OS X GUI is  
> supposed to make unnecessary? Isn't making data storage and  
> retreival better and easier for users what an operating system is  
> supposed to do?
>
> So, to answer your non-sarcastic comment, the difference will be in  
> the user-friendly access to and implementation of existing  
> technology by building it into Time Machine ... if my speculation  
> is correct. I just hope Apple does a much, much better job than  
> Microsoft did with System Restore, which is a nightmare to use.
>
> Jim
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