[Info-vax] Real Usenet clients, was: Re: backups and compaction or nocompaction might be better

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <kej70u$i85$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman
<seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes: 

> The other question that should be asked when a particular feature is >
being discussed is whether a different approach or different solution >
can satisfy your more general requirements.  For instance, might a >
completely automated, effective and transparent backup mechanism avoid >
the requirements for RAID - whether software or hardware - various >
installations? 

Maybe.  Why do I have it?  To protect against disk failure and to keep
data available if a node goes down (intentionally or not).  (At home, I
don't have a multi-site cluster, though for some folks this is an
additional reason to have HBVS as opposed to some other sort of RAID.) 
So, any solution would have to have some sort of raid to guard against
disk failure and would also have to be accessible from all machines
simultaneously.  Also, with SBB bricks, I can remove one and have a 
copy, for safe-keeping or for upgrading.