From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 21 14:16:48 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 98C7937B401 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:16:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F2C343E42 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:16:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from pooh.lan.honeypot.net (mail@pooh.lan.honeypot.net [10.0.1.2]) by kanga.honeypot.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gALMGeZk021799 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 16:16:40 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from kirk by pooh.lan.honeypot.net with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18Ezcm-00043a-00 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 16:16:40 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID Recomendation References: From: Kirk Strauser Date: 21 Nov 2002 16:16:40 -0600 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <87n0o2sh4n.fsf@pooh.lan.honeypot.net> Lines: 22 X-Mailer: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 At 2002-11-21T18:51:30Z, Alvaro Gil writes: > 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? Absolutely! I'm using vinum on several production systems to great effect. > That is, if one fails will it boot with the other? I would like to mirror > everything, including the OS. The *only* thing that vinum can't (conveniently) do is mirror the root partition. However, rsync plus a 2-line shell script and a cron job can handle that task. Just to let you know ahead of time, vinum seems terribly complex the first time you try to use it, but it's really not that difficult. Work through the examples and you'll be running in mirrored (or RAID-5'ed) glory in no time. -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message