4 raptors=bad?

[LinkedKube]

So I'm purchasing wd 10k raptors soon. I want to go for raid zero but all this stuff about losing data. I'm sure this makes me 4 times more likely to lose stuff. Are their any programs that would automatically back up my data onto another drive by schedule?

 

[mica3speedy]

retrospect is what I use, and there are a few other ones out there

 

[LinkedKube]

restrospect huh, I'll look into it, havnt set the drives up yet, dreading having to do all my reinstalls, but its got to happen

 

[kitty500cat]

Acronis TrueImage works well.

What size Raptors are you going to get? If they're the 150GB version, you could get a 750GB Seagate as your backup drive.

Regards

 

[LinkedKube]

yep they are 150 gb drives. So maybe i should look for another back up drives.

 

[Phantombadger]

You could always go Raid 1+0 or Raid 5. this would create a parity on 1 drive for fault protection. Or you could get a 750 and back up there. But remember the more info you got the longer it will take to back up, even if you got raptors and a 750.