From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Oct 16 07:28:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA03804 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 07:28:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from toth.ferginc.com (toth.ferginc.com [205.139.23.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA03797 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 07:28:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from branson@FergInc.com) Received: (from mail@localhost) by toth.ferginc.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA20191; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:28:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from belmakor.hq.ferg.com(172.16.74.60) via SMTP by toth.ferginc.com, id smtpd020184; Fri Oct 16 10:27:57 1998 Received: (from branson@localhost) by belmakor.hq.ferg.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA00508; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:27:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19981016102756.A411@belmakor.hq.ferg.com> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:27:56 -0400 From: Branson Matheson To: mike@seidata.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mirrored Servers Reply-To: Branson.Matheson@FergInc.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.1i In-Reply-To: ; from mike@seidata.com on Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 05:15:03PM -0400 Organization: Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 05:15:03PM -0400,mike@seidata.com did mutter: > I'm wanting to come up with an effective way to 'mirror' drives across > servers. The solution we should use, IMO, is RAID, but that's been > shot down... so we're attempting to come up with an 'alternative'. Check out the Omniserv by TD systems. It is a relatively cheap scsi switch. that would allow you to do not only raid .. but also allow access to the same set of disks from mutiple hosts for just such an emergency. I am using it very successfully here with my HP's to share tape and cd drives about. http://www.tdsys.com - branson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Branson Matheson " If you are falling off of a mountain, Unix Systems Manager You may as well try to fly." Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. - Delenn, Minbari Ambassador ( $statements = ) !~ /Corporate Opinion/; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message