> Well, at least "at home/in office" I feel that with HD prices where they > are, the tradeoff is much towards just doubling my HDs and set up a > software RAID1. The peace of mind of knowing that I can continue, no > matter what, in the case of a disk failure outweighs the (little) > expense of an additional HD. If I had a spare internal bay I'd tend to double my HDD capacity - never enough HDD capacity ... :-) - and then use an external drive. R --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .