From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 29 3: 5:41 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 2D21637B401 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 03:05:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail3.sea.registeredsite.com (mail3.sea.registeredsite.com [66.111.73.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54D0343EB2 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 03:05:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from admin@asarian-host.net) Received: from asarian-host.net (asarian-host.net [216.122.74.112]) by mail3.sea.registeredsite.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gATB5Ya9028736 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 06:05:37 -0500 Comments: To protect the identity of the sender, certain header fields are either not shown, or masked. Anonymous email addresses for asarians can be requested by filling in the appropriate form at: https://asarian-host.net/cgi-bin/signup.cgi Received: (from root@localhost) by asarian-host.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) id gATB5XO09745 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:05:33 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from admin@asarian-host.net) Posted-Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:05:33 +0100 (CET) From: Mark Message-Id: <200211291105.GATB5VI09731@asarian-host.net> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:04:56 +0100 X-Authenticated-Sender: admin@asarian-host.net Subject: Re: restore question X-Trace: ZVmSB0Fw5irAXgSNcsZK3S2x1IfjwSGL8VBVWfqP3PVYAPvRnaDk9c98XNhsqSDK X-Complaints-To: abuse@asarian-host.net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we are unable to process your complaint Organization: Asarian-host To: References: <200211220108.GAM186I01556@asarian-host.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Auth: Asarian-host PGP signature iQEVAwUAPedJ/DFqW1BleBN9AQG2igf/e49RNqY4VuQlM25khHDwVtn8gaMHHBa/ ZjpItIVL3LmcLVI/Qpw88n87YJ0B6u2gRSOE4NAxbWTnj3U5ciHxbYgHr3pPgCxc JYsYWnECUOEvC0evVrH4CQLr29H/djvy9Fgpww68aiRVJSWSOHXy+nbfEC3bcnOy tCBbdt0ryv5kFTll5DoODIvEUr2sTSXzwwkKSruZp1CF9gpnM70Gir+Jeqkd+CUE gGqM7mzmT8Fb3oPblq3FW/40pAqF/+6gIRm/pi8iVaV4S0Sw7rpwWyo2h7rhgqjt XWgGkPCqi6r6La/NeFQaSW3LbzNGdoP6fVOBg8A6ge/SZJ5a5ogmnA== =Lg2z 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" To: Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:04 AM Subject: Re: restore question > Actually, come to think of it, I could use my RAID controller to do > a "hardware" backup. That is, whenever I want to make a backup, > I could simply remove the second disk of the RAID 1, insert a blank > disk, and have the new disk rebuild, and store the disk I took out as > backup. Then, for the next backup, I just swap out the disk I took out > and repeat the process. Hmm, I think I am going to experiement a bit > with this. :) I will let you know how goes. To whom it may concern, I finally went with this method of backup. My ASUS A7V333 motherboard, with built-in RAID controller, offers exactly what I needed. I bought an extra harddisk, and two mobile racks for the second position in the array. Whenever I need a backup, I now just take out the second drive, stick in a spare one, and have the BIOS rebuild the array. Since the RAID is built-in, I do not need boot-floppies, or to print out partition table info, or to use the fixit CD, or to have an OS even. I just swap disks, and rebuild the array; always leaving me with exactly what I wanted: a full, live image of my system, that can be restored within minutes (using the harddisk I took out as the "master" to rebuild the array). This method requires a short outtage, of cause. But I think we already established that backing up a live system that is currently being written to, is probably not all that wise anyway. So, I make this "hard" copy every week, and use dumps/tar for the daily stuff. Rather content, - Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message