Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:00:16 +0800 From: "Alastair D'Silva" <deece@newmillennium.net.au> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Vinum Concerns (was: SCSI drive mirroring question) Message-ID: <000201beff79$adca6200$6b6d08cb@omen.com.au> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909141140250.88361-100000@netmint.com>
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From: Andriss <andriss@andriss.com>
To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, 14 September 1999 23:49
Subject: Vinum Concerns (was: SCSI drive mirroring question)
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> Hello,
>
> Someone suggested I use vinum for SCSI drive mirroring. Basically,
> the mirroring does not have to be up-to-minute, it can be done
> nightly, as long as it truely mirrors (copies) the source drive
> to the destination drive.
>
> I thought there would be a simple utility (part of freebsd) that
> could just copy da0 to da1 (with all slices and boot info) but
> guess not...
>
> It seems vinum is the only solution if I want to have drive
> mirroring. Would it handle a fresh clean drive (da1) and automatically
> mirror da0 onto it? I never worked with vinum (or ccd) so I wouldn't
> know. Is vinum stable enough for a production box?
>
> If there is another solution that could handle copying the drives,
> please mention it or tell me where to find info about it.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but won't dd do this?
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