[zemlin]

I don't consider mirrored drives a backup. It is insurance against a failed disk and improves data transfer but it doesn't offer any protection from the most common failure - human error.

I am certainly guilty of inadequate photo backup - I just plopped a 750GB disk in my box for data storage 'cuz I was running out of room and it wasn't much more expensive than a smaller disk. My intent is to backup old photos to DVD disks. 2008 will require a dozen DVDs - yes, that will take a while to burn, but it's a one-time thing. Before I do that, I need to setup a batch to export small JPGs from all my NEF files to make it easier to find things.