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would a 'mirrored empeg' protect me from the hardships of a dead drive?
Even if you could get RAID working on the empeg, it wouldn't protect you from the hardships of a dead drive. You still have to go through the same rigamarole when a drive dies. The only thing it protects you from is losing all the MP3s on that hard disk. And it only protects you a little bit, not as much as a true backup would protect you.
When it's all said and done, it's easier just leaving the MP3s on your computer after you send them to the empeg. That's your best bet for backup of the MP3 files.