From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 21 10:51:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4195337B401 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 10:51:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns1.vrx.net (vrx.net [216.13.126.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE69C43E8A for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 10:51:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alvaro@vrx.net) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (pcp01914819pcs.verona01.nj.comcast.net [68.37.136.214]) by ns1.vrx.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A913D35D for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:51:32 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: alvaro@199.166.24.1 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:51:30 -0500 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Alvaro Gil Subject: RAID Recomendation Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am in the process of upgrading my P120 server to a more modern PII. I want to have a RAID setup because i am pretty paranoid about data loss and setup time. Yes I do have backups of everything, but I want to avoid downtime if possible. I would like a RAID 1 setup of two ATA 100 hard disks. My questions are: 1 - Can I do this with software? I have read sections 12 and 13 but I am still a bit confused if I can back up the entire disk? That is, if one fails will it boot with the other? I would like to mirror everything, including the OS. 2 - If I need a card what card would you recommend? Price is the main concern, performance is not, I just want security. Also a two channel is suffice. Thanks very much, any info appreciated. -- ____________________________________________ Alvaro Gil http://www.AlvaroGil.com '84 Volvo 242 Turbo (Silver) 15 psi '97 Leopard Gecko (White, Yellow, Black) NJIT Mechanical Engineering Student ____________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message