Be prepared!
It has often been said in these forums and elsewhere. If you do not backup your files then you risk losing the lot. This is not just with RAID but with all computers, all hardware setups, all software systems. One of the other Mods here puts it like this; "Without backups you place a value on your personal files of nil"
So that's the simple answer. Specifically, since you are going to experience some sort of hardware or OS failure at some time or other, whether RAID or not, you then call up your own recovery plan to recover the OS and recover those personal files. Planning is everything.
Mark
Greetings
I've been gyrating back and forth between a WHS and a NAS for the longest time. There is something that bothers me about a NAS using RAID and that is the fact that the data (in higher RAID levels) is distributed across a number of discs. If a disc fails you replace the disc. End of story. But what if the CPU fails or some item on the MB burns out and you need to replace the MB? Let's say your NAS is five years old and technology has improved. You wouldn't want to try and repair the old hardware. That might not even be possible anymore. You'd want to migrate to a newer box with more bells and whistles. So how would you get your data off the broken box (without paying a data recovery specialist from CSI Miami to do it for you)?
GL

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