From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 30 04:27:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 196B81065670 for ; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:27:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nocmonkey@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C00288FC15 for ; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:27:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws11 with SMTP id 11so307914vws.13 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:27:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=DI1XWbdz+HEc76jwhYf16vlbzyrdiIFhKUqEGU79hJg=; b=oClOB3Jen11nTU8cmb2uK65QqPJEG+RJim5jOfg0tIfKadjRSHGuWIntW+72qV98TA Qurhpn9xBVOv948Du/nuW/Tk9HEQdWNfiqEMEEuiQo2HLgTBzSA7OCmwkzJDf0fRWCT0 02nS6K2JNs+yu1YBn8YNLI/shfSfImiXDOyzE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=ljusB/E1hPRxFZWI96hDpgYfYe8KzKrvCNTRH7YO6cOmZAv1j99Ns7/6Rh7nYT+b/C EXPzV9A7s94aZMVoaZOvHnvT9pGtR0+4aS2QOxvTcYlzCo1FHRB04QbMSEOPlXv8dK3f /EzdMsBueMBzHmX0mqmTB8gNi1Or3JPmOYr58= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.121.168 with SMTP id h40mr1686132vcr.73.1264825667045; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:27:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100130041805.GA60266@orion.hsd1.pa.comcast.net> References: <20100130041805.GA60266@orion.hsd1.pa.comcast.net> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:27:46 -0500 Message-ID: From: Danny Edge To: Glen Barber Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Software RAID options X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:27:48 -0000 On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > Hi, > > Danny Edge wrote: > > What works for you and can you suggest a guide? I haven't setup a BSD > server > > in 8 years, but my environment will be: > > I've been using gmirror for some time, without problems. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom-mirror.html > > Thanks, Glen, I should have mentioned that I did see gmirror mentioned in the HB. Pending further suggestions, I will try gmirror for software RAID 1 (yes, as large as the smallest disk). [Snip...] . > > > > > I also plan on backing up via newbie rsync and SSH scripts. > > > > May I suggest rsnapshot? > I will look into rsnapshot. All these new tools that I didn't have 10 years ago! -- CPDE - Certified Petroleum Distribution Engineer CCBC - Certified Canadian Beer Consumer