Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 13:38:42 -0500 From: Donnie Jones <donniejones18@yahoo.com> To: jacks@sage-american.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mirroring Hard Disk Message-ID: <20020105133842.78b13b78.donniejones18@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020105123220.01937458@mail.sage-american.com> References: <3.0.5.32.20020105075715.01937458@mail.sage-american.com> <62178761821.20020104222538@telus.net> <3.0.5.32.20020105075715.01937458@mail.sage-american.com> <3.0.5.32.20020105123220.01937458@mail.sage-american.com>
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On Sat, 05 Jan 2002 12:32:20 -0600 jacks@sage-american.com wrote: > I've seen that "mirror" and wondered about it. Have you tried it and is it > a long process... I would assume more the first time, and then shorter > updates...??? > > Many thanks to you and others who have responded... I've used mirror to make a copy of the 4.4-RELEASE from ftp sites for my LAN, but never to copy a hard disk. It does seem to work rather well though. Didn't take too extremely long on my cable modem either. Test it out, and let us know if it works well. :) -Donnie > > At 01:17 PM 1.5.2002 -0500, Donnie Jones wrote: > >On Sat, 05 Jan 2002 07:57:15 -0600 > >jacks@sage-american.com wrote: > > > >> My main objective was to have the 2nd HD keep up with a current copy of the > >> first HD and in the event the first (main one) failed, then I could just > >> switch HD and reboot into the HD2... sounds like a good idea. Just need the > >> right tools... > >> > >> Been looking at dump too, but thought there was a tool that would keep the > >> two HDs sync'd, i.e., when a file changed on HD1, the HD2 would do the > >> same. ...not sure Vinum will do this as it wants to copy partitions....(at > >> first reading). > > > > > >What about the program mirror? ( /usr/ports/ftp/mirror/ ) > > > >You could use it to copy the / filesystem and use cron to update it > periodically. > > > >It does this by creating a mirror of the filesystem through ftp. This may > seem like an odd way to do it, but it may get you what you need.... > > > >-Donnie > > > >_________________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > Best regards, > Jack L. Stone, > Server Admin > > Sage-American > http://www.sage-american.com > jacks@sage-american.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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