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Hello,
With just four drives, would you do: a) two RAID 1 arrays (OS + transaction logs, Data) b) 1 RAID 10 array partitioned, or c) 1 RAID 5 array partitioned?
Thanks!
Started by Rhett on
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There's also the old favourite....
You will get the best speed and redundancy on as well, I'd also consider 1 x OS disk, 1 x RAID 1 set for the data and logs, and the fourth drive for the tempdb.
X RAID 1 , one for data and one for logs .
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I have a 500GB hard drive I've been keeping around to recover data from that I removed from a failing NAS drive that got sort of... erratic at the end. I finally got rid of the NAS when during a firmware update it removed the partition table.
Fast forward...
Started by Macha on
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Put the drive into another machine, and run a scan is only $80, which isn't an extortionate price for your....
The best software I've used for this kind of thing, such as reinstalling an OS on top .
Odds that some of your data is still there.
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If I were to archive data on a hard drive, unplug it, and set it on a (not dusty, temperature-controlled) shelf somewhere, would that drive deteriorate much?
How does the data retention of an unplugged hard drive compare to tapes?
Started by Jim on
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As there is a less easily replaced mechanical part to a drive, I would suggest that taps would last more easily than you could move....
Of data between tape "silos" (large robotic tape loaders with multiple drive and picker elements.
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Can anything be done to get data out of a dead SATA drive, the drive won't even show up on the list of drives when booting the computer?
UPDATE:
The drive was never backed-up. It was an external home-grade MyBook used at an SMB as "storage".
After prying...
Started by Osama ALASSIRY on
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If so - they will recover data for free of a freezer, and attempt....
If you've got very important data 500GB-1.5TB drive, chances are you hit their firmware bug.
The boards over, which might let you read from then current drive.
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Is there a program that I can use to encrypt my flash drive? I would like to be able to access data from any computer, however, so the program will probably have to reside on the flash drive.
Started by Dynamic I on
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Other programs are: Take Away USB-File encryption and Challenger.
As the Travelling Tech Guy mentioned, try TrueCrypt.
Or in Windows 7, try BitLocker To GO.
Try TrueCrypt - been using it for a year now .
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Every couple years I get a new computer with a new hard drive and then just connect the original hard drive as the second one so I have access to all of my data in case I forgot to back something up.
This worked well with XP but with Vista, I recall this...
Started by Edward Tanguay on
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An external hard drive is a great investment for things like this, you could evenAs long as it isn't the hard drive that crashes, you can swap it into another PC just fine hit when putting your old drive....
Elsewhere of your data.
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For Christmas, my little brother got an Iomega 500GB portable hard drive. It'd been working well, but last week it flat died, and the company's trying to shirk it, claiming it's not under warranty and saying it'll cost at least $900 to recover the data...
Started by Kaji on
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See ....
YMMV, of course.
You could arrange to get the old drive back after it has been replaced and take care of the data friend tried the ol' "hard drive in the freezer" trick and got data off his failed drive.
Care).
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My Western Digital 500GB NAS drive (which is my main backup device) has recently broken. Windows can no longer use it as a network drive (using Map Network Drive), and the web-based control panel is INCREDIBLY sluggish, taking as much as 5 minutes to ...
Started by Macha on
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I'm not sure how 2.5 Sata drives work, but you may be able to just plug)
the Western Digital MyBook ....
You could always extract the drive from the NAS and get a simple external drive enclosure so you can re-access your data.
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Is it safe to backup data to a hard drive and then leave it for a number of years?
Assuming the file system format can still be read, is this a safe thing to do. Or is it better to continually rewrite the data (every 6 months or so) to make sure it remains...
Started by Nick R on
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The likelihood of losing data while the drive is not in use-term storage I would transfer....
This means a tape or drive will not retain its data forever is troublesome and potentially dangerous.
To decay as soon as they are written.
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My macbook has recently gone up in flames, mostly, and I now find myself in the position of attempting to recover data from its drive.
I was using file vault to protect almost all of my data. How would I go about retrieving data from the file vault, now...
Started by blueberryfields on
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You'll need the password....
Use an Admin account MacBook drive.
Put the drive into a 2.5" enclosure and hook it up to another Mac.
This came up on the Apple Discussion Boards for 10.5 .
This assumes that the hard drive is physically intact.
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