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Subject: Re: gmirror + ggate
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Gustavo A. Baratto wrote:
> This maybe a very stipid question, but since the hanbook says 
> "Regardless of the disk configuration, the important aspect is that 
> information on one disk or partition is being replicated", I'm wondering 
> if one could mount two partitions from two different servers, then 
> mirror them...

This is a FAQ. See:
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?43A18CAB.6020705
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?43CD5505.2040705
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?439ED00E.7050701

(in short: yes, but you can't mount the copy or copies)