At home I'm using a windows home server box. Automatic backups, easy file sharing, remote access... I haven't had much need for backups, recently, or in the past. I guess I'm just licky on that one. I did have a drive in a Striped RAID fail not long ago, but I kept all the data on another drive, and only program files and OS and such on the RAID. I didn't bother with restoring that backup, just fresh install of windows, point my docs, etc.. to the right folders on the second drive, all was sell again.