Re: Good RAID for New Desktop Machine?

> software or environment or fumble-fingers. IMHO, since
> the HD is one
> of the most reliable pieces of a PC, RAID-1 has very
> little value
> for a home.

I disagree. I've had home PCs since 1987, and in that
time the disks have consistently been the least reliable
components, and i've that experience with a bunch of
brands -- Seagate, WD, Maxtor, Fujitsu, even now-dead
brands like Conner and Micropolis (I used SCSI during much
of 90s). I've used RAID1 in my home PC for about 4 yrs.
now. I agree wholeheartedly with your advice that it's no
replacement for backups, which I know people (myself
included) can get lazy about when they know they have that
mirror.