RAID arrays with 3 or more disks (e.g. 2 data and 1 parity) are for when the data won't fit on one disk. A simpler strategy is to just mirror disks. So you'd have a pair of (say) 36 GB disks. 8 GB of data is chickenfeed these days. Note that the 2+1 scheme won't keep running through two disks failing either.

Really, this is quite a small site (what's the maximum number of visits there's ever been in a single day?) and putting it on a shared hosting service should be fine. Those services all use RAID, do regular backups, and all that sort of thing.

Doug,

Can you set up something so we can donate some movey? I'm sure some of us can kick in a few bucks, I'll give 50 bucks or so, I think this site is well worth it.

John

We're examining hosting services, but so far I don't see anything that I would be comfortable with that in the long run won't cost us more than our current arrangement, even buying a replacement server. And, as noted, there are issues with having to pay a monthly fee. But, I haven't ruled it out. We continue to look at the options.

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