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Originally posted by John Kotches:
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Originally posted by Mark_H:
[b] The thing that really bothers me most about downloads, beyond DRM and lossy compression, is data integrity. What happens when (and it will) the hard drive containing your entire downloaded collection dies?

Mark
Raid 1 or Raid 5 happens if you value the data. If you don't, it's tough luck for not respecting the likelihood of failure and losing on the coin toss.
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My PC based music server (all CD rips) is RAID 5 and is currently mirrored every couple of days to another RAID 5 server. How's that for redundancy! laugh I suspect the average user does nothing and is in for a particularly nasty surprise when their storage device fails. I've had maybe two or three CDs/DVDs die due to disc rot over the years...

Mark

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