Originally Posted by
sbm12
RAID != backup.
It helps protect against a drive failure but will not protect against write errors on the drive or catastrophic failure of a system. I've experienced lost data on RAID1 and RAID5 volumes. Backup onto a different volume/media is critcal if you really want to protect your data.
I run Acronis every night from Workstations to the File server. The file server is RAID1.