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De[pends on how critical the data is.
In one of my contracts last year, we had to back up 17 TB of medical data and find a safe way to ensure that we could recover it. For data of this capacity, you have a few options:

1) mirror the data (redundancy) somewhere (a second disk, second host, etc.)
2) tape backup (we used a 126 TB tape archive, they probably have it tested and the recovery process debugged by now.)

If the disk crashes and you are using either method, your data should be safe.
Posted by: B.O.F.H.   Posted on: 01/05/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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My MythTV system smiles  Sabz5150 | 01/05/07
I Agree  voska | 01/05/07
haha, yea... sad when you have more storage then most companies.  Been_Done_Before | 01/06/07
Can you imagine...  morgande | 01/08/07
Backing it up?  Protector | 01/05/07
Thats what Raid 1 is for  jfp | 01/05/07
RAID is only part of the solution  voska | 01/05/07
DVD-Rs are NOT reliable over the long term!  Joel R | 01/05/07
Relying on raid for backup is not a good idea.  osreinstall | 01/05/07
This is why a high speed large capacity tape is still a requirement  msheltra | 01/05/07
next time I'll spell check =)  msheltra | 01/05/07
Tapes are subject to breaking and magnetic fields.  osreinstall | 01/05/07
Store them in a metal box (nt)  CobraA1 | 01/05/07
Now for stretch, breakage and lack of speed.  osreinstall | 01/05/07
Would this...  cashaww | 01/05/07
Remenber the jaz drive.  osreinstall | 01/05/07
I think you misspoke  mobrien_12@... | 01/05/07
Raid is not a backup.  osreinstall | 01/05/07
De[pends on how critical the data is.  B.O.F.H. | 01/05/07
Great, my dvd-recorder rips were a hungry beast  Boot_Agnostic | 01/05/07
Just a few corrections:  Grayson Peddie | 01/05/07
If we were talking RAM, you'd be right.  Joel R | 01/05/07
Well I'm used to binary...hmm...needed a refreshment...  Grayson Peddie | 01/05/07
Western Digital already has 1 TB drive for sale  bob scott_z | 01/05/07
Western Digital 1TB  misceng | 02/09/07
Message has been deleted.  nomorems | 01/05/07
Woooow, imagine how much pr0n we can store.  kraterz | 01/07/07
Video Editors ned it right now!  don_the_newbie | 01/07/07
Heh Heh  Gorets | 01/08/07
Does Vista read...  interested_amateur@... | 02/12/07
That's news to my system  darren_ellis | 02/15/07
RAMDAC Drive  misceng | 02/09/07

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