From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 20 14:24:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA13818 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 14:24:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from jupiter.neptune.net (ns2.neptune.net [204.107.103.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA13808 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 14:24:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from doug@mailhost.neptune.net) Received: (from doug@localhost) by jupiter.neptune.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA11326 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 14:23:18 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 14:23:18 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199711202223.OAA11326@jupiter.neptune.net> From: Doug Jolley Subject: Redundant disk drive To: undisclosed-recipients:; Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am running a FreeBSD server on a network for a company. The company has recently decided to store more critical data on this server. If anything should happen, downtime would be an important consideration. So, I was thinking about running a second drive which is updated nightly to mirror the first. That way, when disaster strikes I can just swap drives with a minimum of down time and then replace the defective drive at my leisure. My question concerns the setup of the second drive. I know that if I proceed on my own I'll pick a method that is way more difficult than it needs to be. So, my question is, what is the easiest way to mirror a FreeBSD installation from one hard drive onto another? Thanks for any input. ... doug _____________________________________________________________________ Doug Jolley mailto://doug@bigwheel.net http://www.bigwheel.net Don't bogart that file, my friend. Net it over to me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------