[Kcmjr]

I've been browsing the forum looking for posts related to this. I've have found "some" info but nothing really definitive. So I'm posing the question to those of you who pound on these things all day long.

Exactly how reliable are these Snap Servers?

Particularly the 4000 since that's the one I have (and whats the use of asking if I can't inject a bit of self interest?).

If I want to relocate my file archives from the various disk drives I have rat-holed in drawers over to the 4000, how confident can I be that the files will be preserved over time?

These servers use software RAID which has never had a really good reputation for reliability. Personally I'll take hardware RAID over software any day. In playing with my 4000 it seems that if it's powered off for an extended period it tends to conveniently forget it's configuration. Perhaps this is an issue with my 4000, I don't know. If I decide to put larger disks in and move my files to it, is the RAID 1 going to be more stable or the RAID 5? I would have thought the RAID 5 but now I'd tend to bet on RAID 1 from what I've been seeing on this 4000.

Anyway, I'm extremely curious to hear everyone's thoughts on the matter.

Depending on what I hear I may decide to keep my archives off the Snap and go with archival DVD's instead (will do that either way regardless) but I did buy the Snap with the thought of keeping my file archives on it so they were all available online.

Thanks in advance....