Thanks for the answers.
Jason, I might have not been clear in the post, but I did plan to have the backup external and I’m only unsure whether to go internal with the RAID.
Jeremy, I also thought the speed could be the issue, but some people claim that using FW800 the speed difference is minimal if any, If the deadline would not be so close I would do a thorough test to see the digits. 🙂
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