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On Thu, 9 Jan 2014 09:28:03 +0530
eras mus <erasmu@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to take such a mirror copy of such a  hard disk so that i
> can replace it as a hot swap. I request all of your expertise. How to do
> hot swap?please shed some light on it.

	Why not use a RAID1 mirror instead of a hot swap, then when it's
needed you don't get downtime, you also get the benefit of better read
performance, and of course it's guaranteed up to date.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>