Not true. RAID 1 is instantaneous mirroring. rsync runs only when you set it to. RAID 1 is really easy to set up and reliable.
Jeremiah E. Bess Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 20:10, u4david <[email protected]> wrote: > I would set up firts harddrive: > > > and then second hard drive set up us a mirror of the first drive . > use rsync,cronjob. > > This way no need for raid. > But have backups at your finger tips. > and if the first disc fails just reconfigure the mirror as "master" > and adjust boot grub options and caboom back to original(last backup > version of mirrored rsynced copy) > > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a customer who wants a new server. I convinced him to go with > Linux > > instead of Windows. He then asked at the end that I put 2-1TB drives in > the > > server. I assume the second is for storage b/c they deal with pretty > large > > files. > > In your opinion, what should I do with the second drive? Should I put > Linux > > on both drives? I was going to do a data partition on the first drive > ... > > if I did that for both, that would be 4 partitions. What is the best way > to > > handle this? > > I know this is a rather silly question, but I am unsure how to best > utilize > > the space on the 2nd drive. It's tempting to put it in an external > casing > > and just use it as a backup drive. I don't know. > > Opinions welcome, since you're all brilliant. TIA. > > ~kari > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >
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