From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 4 12:14:49 2003 Return-Path: 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 72BD737B401 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:14:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from lists.travelguides.com (www.travelguides.com [64.39.31.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4145C43FB1 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:14:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cliff@travelguides.com) Received: (qmail 27038 invoked by uid 7791); 4 Apr 2003 12:15:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO TECH2) (12.236.209.89) by 0 with SMTP; 4 Apr 2003 12:15:42 -0000 Message-ID: <027e01c2fae7$128c9e30$6801a8c0@TECH2> From: "Cliff" To: Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:16:26 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Subject: Backup/RAID dillema X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 20:14:49 -0000 I am looking for a reliable backup system to be able to have the least downtime possible in the case of a disk failure or the likes. My host does not support tape backup for FreeBSD, nor do they support hardware IDE RAID for it. I am down to almost no option besides vinum, but from what I see in the vinum tutorials you must have a fresh install of FreeBSD to be able to use it in mirroring mode. Does anyone know of a way to have reliable data backup that can suit my needs?