Backup, Search, and Data storage scheme

Equipment needed:

• 1 internal sata raid card (if choosing hardware raid…tricky on osx86)
• 2 external usb sata drive enclosures and optionally eSata Adapter
• 3 or more 250 GB internal sata disks (stock)
• 2 sata disks 650 GB each capacity each (Stock)
• USB hub (stock)
• Airport Extreme (stock)

Setup:

1. Setup 3 sata disks in raid 0 (stripped) mode to make 750 GB of continuous available disk space internally to mac pro (See this article for software raid)
2. Setup external disks with airport extreme air disks
3. Use one of the two disks as time machine backup (to be indexed by spotlight)
4. Use the second external disk as a “mirror” or “bootable backup” of raid 0 sata disks in mac pro using SuperDrive. This external drive will be setup as “remote disk” for internet access (see article AirDisk sharing over internet without Mobileme) and will not be indexed by spotlight.