I was hoping some of you could weigh in on the value of RAID vs JBOD?
I am shopping for an entry level tower server, and settled on a model that was discontinued by the manufacturer just recently. I can still buy new servers on Amazon though. There is one version with a RAID controller and another without hardware RAID, and I am trying to choose between the two. The one with the raid controller is actually over $100 cheaper, but I actually prefer JBOD with intermittent offline backup over RAID. Maybe I am jaded by my personal experience, but by far the largest data loss that I ever had occurred due to human error that got propagated into my backups before I caught it. Therefore, I like the idea of having offline backup that lags 1-2 months behind. Should I look beyond my personal bias and just go with RAID?
I am shopping for an entry level tower server, and settled on a model that was discontinued by the manufacturer just recently. I can still buy new servers on Amazon though. There is one version with a RAID controller and another without hardware RAID, and I am trying to choose between the two. The one with the raid controller is actually over $100 cheaper, but I actually prefer JBOD with intermittent offline backup over RAID. Maybe I am jaded by my personal experience, but by far the largest data loss that I ever had occurred due to human error that got propagated into my backups before I caught it. Therefore, I like the idea of having offline backup that lags 1-2 months behind. Should I look beyond my personal bias and just go with RAID?
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