RE: [flalug] backup drive

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Tue Dec 09 2003 - 10:44:21 EST


On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Michael Worsham wrote:

> You might want to look at running a software raid and doing mirroring
> between the drives, thus providing redundant support if something should
> happen.

A bit of downtime while I disconnect the old hda and move hdc to hda isn't
a problem; I was more concerned about the noise, heat, and wear on the
drive of a RAID setup. My hope is that by using the backup drive as
little as possible, it would be as close to new when the main drive dies.
If I could do mirroring, where I could only update the second copy a few
times a day and spin it down between those times, that would be OK. I
think all mirroring is live, though.

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