What a bummer about the files!

The RAID setup sounds amazing, definitely the way to go. We use a storage box with multiple drives but haven't set up an array. It sounds like we shouldn't keep putting it off.

I started backing up to CD/DVD "back in the day", before hard drives were so inexpensive. Out of habit I still burn RAW files to CD/DVD immediately after a shoot (but backup on hard drive, also). The interesting thing I've found is that we all recognize the plastic will have a limited life span...but I've yet to have one fail on me. A few hard drives have gone down in that time, but no data has been lost or corrupted on the CD/DVDs. I'll keep burning to both, just out of habit.