Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 08:57:40 -0700 From: joe@vpop.net (Joe McDonald) To: Chris Cook <ccook@tcworks.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: redunancy without RAID Message-ID: <37683170.81567132@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <37562454.718D3319@tcworks.net> References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990602155911.20098A-100000@jane.lfn.org> <37562454.718D3319@tcworks.net>
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Do you know the best way to test if the mirror really works if a drive = goes bad? Pull the power to the drive as it's running? Pull the scsi cable = to the drive as it's running? Will this cause physical damage to the drive? Thanks, -joe On Thu, 03 Jun 1999 01:44:36 -0500, Chris Cook <ccook@tcworks.net> wrote: > We have been running VINUM here at our ISP for quite some time >now. It works great... we have our /usr and /var partitions setup on 2 >different mirrored volumes. The overhead is low and access times are >great. With VINUM, if one of the mirrored disks go out, the volume = should >not crash <grin>. As far as ccd goes, I have never used it, but I = believe >both ccd and VINUM will not mirror a boot partition (I know VINUM won't >yet). The VINUM was difficult to install, only because I was trying to = use >the port that comes with FBSD 3.1. If you go this route, I suggest >downloading the lastest version and you shouldn't have problems. Hope = this >helps... --=20 NewsHub: http://www.NewsHub.com/tech/ | MultiTrace: http://www.MultiTrace.com/ | Explore Your Net! DomainSurfer: http://www.DomainSurfer.com/ | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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