Live backups of physical hard drives may be created using RAID, although this can reduce the usable space on the disks. Do you think having a backup is important enough to warrant sacrificing half of your disk space? What RAID setup is best for a home computer to protect its hard drives from the effects of frequent power outages?

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Live backups of physical hard drives may be created using RAID, although this can reduce the usable space on the disks. Do you think having a backup is important enough to warrant sacrificing half of your disk space? What RAID setup is best for a home computer to protect its hard drives from the effects of frequent power outages?

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