RAID with parity is technically a backup, just a mostly ineffective one. It’s a backup that allows you to recover from exactly one scenario, single (or double) device hardware failure.
But I definitely understand the mantra “RAID is not a backup”. It’s not what most people think of when they say “backup”.
RAID with parity is technically a backup, just a mostly ineffective one. It’s a backup that allows you to recover from exactly one scenario, single (or double) device hardware failure.
But I definitely understand the mantra “RAID is not a backup”. It’s not what most people think of when they say “backup”.