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From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>
To: <jacks@sage-american.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: RE: Mirroring Hard Disk
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 20:05:52 -0500
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of
> jacks@sage-american.com
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 4:28 PM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Mirroring Hard Disk
>
> Am building a new box that will contain two identical hard disks. Plan to
> install FreeBSD on the first hard disk and would like to mirror to the
> second HD.
>
> I know this has been covered somewhere, but I have searched through the
> archives and don't see anything about mirroring.... what is the
> best way to
> do this..??? Thanks!

	Well, you can either use a hardware solution (i.e. RAID controller) or a
software solution (i.e. vinum).

	Both can do what you seek.

--- Andy


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