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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
I just don't want to use my system HDDs on future computers for data storage. There are some good reasons for keeping your important programs (OS, etc.) on the C: drive and everything else separate. You guys have all done this before. I would rather create a central, mirrored data storage that I can plug computers into as I feel like. Sort of a movement back to dumb terminals but without the downsides of old mainframe stups.
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That is fine, but a simple RAID 5 configuration in a single cabinet does not give you the same level of redundancy I am talking about. You need two physically separate copies of the data to be reasonably safe IMHO.
And NAS may be more complicated for some users than a good old USB solution, and NAS is typically more expensive.
And don't forget notebook users who need to have some subset of their data with them at all times.