Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:03:50 +1200 From: "Tortise@Paradise" <tortise@paradise.net.nz> To: "Andrew P. Lentvorski" <bsder@mail.allcaps.org>, "Glen Mehn" <glen@burningman.com> Cc: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Poor Mans Software raid 1 on root partition? Message-ID: <011c01c22c8e$8e6d6f70$0900a8c0@P1200n> References: <20020715225138.V82789-100000@mail.allcaps.org>
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> > You can get a 3ware 7210 for $120: http://newegg.com > > > > it'll save you a lOT of time and heartache, and it's not that much $$... > > True, but if that 3ware quits making those cards and your card goes, your > data is completely lost. And what if you choose not to upgrade each time > 3ware spins the cards? How much testing does 3ware do against say the > 6000 series? Can I take my drives on my 68XX card and plug them into a > 78XX card and have them work? What about if 3ware creates an 88XX series? > > One significant advantage to software RAID is the fact that you can still > extract your data from the disk even if you have to completely transplant > the disks to different hardware. mmmm I think what I want to achieve is a second SCSI disc, which is regularly "backed up to" in some fashion, although in less than real time be OK. (vis a vis RAID) so long as it is a bootable reliable "backup" with a controllable interval backup. (Also avoids the hardware reliance. I have one machine (W2000) which has a backup RAID card so it can be got running again quickly......without worrying about sourcing another card..... Clearly this is undesirable...) Does anyone do this? Regards David Hingston MB ChB MBA _________________________________________________________________________ tortoise@paradise.net.nz http://hingston.yi.org/ http://pcmc.yi.org/ If you seek a digitally signed response please advise. If you received a warning on reading this e-mail, please go to http://www.baycorpid.com/settings/email.asp?CA=healthcert to update your settings To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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