Re: Changing chunk size

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Steve Cousins wrote:
>
>
> Bill Davidsen wrote:
>>
>> I'm sure "slow" is a relative term, compared to backing up TBs of 
>> data and trying to restore them. Not to mention the lack of 
>> inexpensive TB size backup media. That's totally unavailable at the 
>> moment, I'll live with what I have, thanks.
>
> You don't backup your RAID arrays?  Yikes! For certain data this would 
> be fine (data that you can recreate easily) but it sounds like this 
> isn't the case for you otherwise you'd just wipe the array and 
> recreate the data. There are other modes of failure than just the 
> drives themselves (file system corruption for instance) so it is wise 
> to do backups, even on "redundant" systems. 

My personal and business system are backed up. On "projects" those who 
write the budget set the policy and I just make sure I have a risk 
assessment with their acceptance in writing. University is not like real 
life in many cases.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  CTO TMR Associates, Inc
  Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979