Re: [IRCA] My sad HD story continues! (sorry for the OT)

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

At 09:20 AM 10/26/2007, you wrote:
>Russ Edmunds wrote:
>>  Simply put it's called BACK-UP.
>
>Yep.
>
>Sometimes easier done when the files are small. Multi gigabytes of 
>recorded audio or other extremely large files requires huge amounts of 
>backup space on any backup machine. You wind up using more drives to get 
>less reliability and speed than the preferred RAID solution. RAID isn't 
>necessarily the best way to backup, especially for small amounts of 
>data. As you mentioned, multiple backups and off-site backups (which I 
>also have) are easy enough to do.
>
>But for huge amounts of data, you can't beat the automatic solution of 
>RAID. On machines that I have here on the work network that have to run 
>or public safety is in jeopardy, or machines I use for development, or 
>other high-reliability production machines, virtually all have RAID file 
>systems. I just don't want to shut the machine down and replace 
>hardware. With RAID you don't. The machine never stops, just the bad 
>drive gets replaced.
>
>If I had any data I didn't want to lose, and it was composed of lots of 
>large files. RAID is the way I'd go.
>
>Rick Kunath
>_______________________________________________


Thanks to all who responded with helpful advice.  My excuse, if I have to have one, was that I was all consumed back into work upon returning from the Charlottes and didn't think of backing anything up, and 2/ I didn't have anything big enough to back onto.  My laptop is 80 GB only, and my biggest external HD was a 250 which was already close to full.  Now I have a half dozen ext HD from 120 to 500 GB....ain't gonna happen again, let me tell you!!!  After talking to a Forensic HD recovery person here in Victoria ($350/hour and recovery about 10 GB/hr, and I have up to 250 GB of good raw data on that drive), I'm going to explore the possibility of offshore data recovery services.  I'm specifically thinking of India or China as places that just might do such things for an affordable
price.  The other option which I'm seriously offering, is a free Harris 590A receiver or Collins HF-2050 receiver to someone who has access to these services who would like to tackle such a project.  I'd even split the shipping cost
50/50 on top of that.  Any takers, or suggestions out there re India or China???  .........Walt.


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