Reality: RAID Complements Data Backup Strategies While RAID provides redundancy and fault tolerance, it is not a substitute for comprehensive backup solutions. RAID protects against hardware failures, but it does not safeguard against data corruption, accidental deletion, or catastrophic events (e.g.,...
Although a pool that is created with ZFS redundancy can help reduce down time due to hardware failures, it is not immune to hardware failures, power failures, or disconnected cables. Make sure you backup your data on a regular basis. Performing routine backups of pool data on non-enterprise ...