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My computer has an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard that has two onboard RAID solutions. &nbsp;I could not get the Silicon Image drivers to work ( tried both XP and Vista) and had to use the NVIDIA RAID (the operating system is Vista Business). &nbsp;I have four hard drives that are configured as 1+ 0. &nbsp;This was also my best choice without going out and purchasing a new hardware solution. &nbsp;I am running electronic medical records software on MySQL, so obviously backup data is crucial. &nbsp;I have installed an internal bay hot swappable SATA drive product called HDD-ROM MRA301. &nbsp;I am going to use this to do a daily back up of my data to keep at least one copy off-site. &nbsp;My questions are: <br />
1. &nbsp;With this RAID mirror solution is it also necessary or a good idea for me to have a backup solution for the system otherwise including all my other programs and data not related to the medical record data?<br />
2. &nbsp;If the opinion is that I should have an additional backup, what program or how to do this backup to completely essentially mirror my system so that I could have a ready immediate fix on a hard drive?<br />
3. &nbsp;And would this work or when I just have to read build the array?<br />
Thanks.<br />

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My computer has an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard that has two onboard RAID solutions.  I could not get the Silicon Image drivers to work ( tried both XP and Vista) and had to use the NVIDIA RAID (the operating system is Vista Business).  I have four hard drives that are configured as 1+ 0.  This was also my best choice without going out and purchasing a new hardware solution.  I am running electronic medical records software on MySQL, so obviously backup data is crucial.  I have installed an internal bay hot swappable SATA drive product called HDD-ROM MRA301.  I am going to use this to do a daily back up of my data to keep at least one copy off-site.  My questions are: 
1.  With this RAID mirror solution is it also necessary or a good idea for me to have a backup solution for the system otherwise including all my other programs and data not related to the medical record data?
2.  If the opinion is that I should have an additional backup, what program or how to do this backup to completely essentially mirror my system so that I could have a ready immediate fix on a hard drive?
3.  And would this work or when I just have to read build the array?
Thanks.


Is additional backup needed for system with RAID

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

Storage

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.