I am planning to set up my home desktop with a redundant RAID-1 configuration using two 250GB drives for storing important documents, and then Windows 2003 Server will run on a separate 60GB disk. I do not want to store any important information on my laptop for security and reliability issues. So question is, what is the best method to remotely access my RAID when I am on the road with my laptop? I was thinking about setting up a Domain Controller with Active Directory and having the laptop's My Documents point to the RAID array. But I'm not sure if this is possible since the laptop is running Windows Media Center..? Or maybe I can just "map" the network drive using some kind of start-up script. Or perhaps simply Remote Desktop Connection every time I need to use that data? Your advice and opinions are greatly appreciated! Reza Rizvi Rezilient.com

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The smart thing would be to install your operating system on the RAID and store data on it. The setup you're talking about will do you no good should your OS drive crash. With the OS on the RAID 1 should you lose a hard drive, the other keeps the system up and running until you can replace the defunct drive and rebuild the RAID. It makes no sense to have redundancy available and not use it for the operating system.

Accessing your home data remotely has nothing to do with raid. Remember now that mirroring is great but you STILL need to backup your data. Not sure why you would think your laptop is less secure and reliable than your home pc. If you can't secure your laptop, your home is just as at risk. Consider GotoMyPC or put in a router capable of providing VPN services so you can remotely, via the internet, access your home data securely. Knowing the correct answer and giving a correct answer, are two different things