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Old 05-18-2014, 07:39 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by dhillon09 View Post
if you're building a new PC you could just run raid 1 -- that'd be the easiest for your parents to do. They have to do nothing different, all on the hardware level so no learning curve for them.

Downside is obviously you can't do a system restore or backup in case something goes wrong (like you would be able to with time machine / windows backups)
RAID is not backup. Its about the constant availability of data. An external drive or a NAS would probably be best. A lot of the NAS nowadays have built in backups that you can set and forget.
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