On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Jim Pingle <li...@pingle.org> wrote:
> On 6/8/2011 1:50 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > I have decided that my pfSense PC will have two disks - ad4 and ad6 as > > they are now. > > I'd like to backup ad4 to ad6 every weekend - automated using dump. > > > > Is this the stupid way of doing it? > > > > I have a feeling that someone would tell me that, but imagine if the > > disk crashed and I wanted to be up and running without being at the > > site. I could simply tell someone to open the box and interchange the > > SATA data cables, then power back on. > > > > I did try mounting the 2nd disk but it wouldn't allow me. So I am left > > with dd as the only option to do the disk backup:) > > That depends on what your intent really is. If you are after redundancy, > setup gmirror: > http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Create_a_Software_RAID1_%28gmirror%29 > > Voila, instant RAID 1. > How is ataraid ("fake" raid) compared to gmirror? I think the main disadvantage of ataraid is that it is tied to a specific chipset. It is difficult to recover the disk if moved to a different systemboard. But, for redundant purposes of a firewall, you just want to keep it alive until it is replaced. I don't think we really want to reuse the disks. > > If you are after a periodic backup, on 2.0 /etc/rc.create_full_backup > (and its brother, rc.restore_full_backup) might be useful in addition to > the gmirror above. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: discussion-unsubscr...@pfsense.com > For additional commands, e-mail: discussion-h...@pfsense.com > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > > -- Best Regards. Bao C. Ha Hacom - Embedded Systems and Appliances http://www.hacom.net voice: (714) 564-9932
