Erik WikstrC6m wrote:
Hi
I am setting up a OpenBSD box to act as a router/file-server for my
parents, the box consists mostly of old parts and I try to not spend any
extra money on it. One of my biggest worries is, since it will act as a
file-server which will contain stuff with some emotional value, data- loss.
The preferable way to solve this would probably be to use two disks but
that is not an option for me. So I was wondering if it is possible to
instead split the disk in two parts, the first is used to install
OpenBSD on, and the rest is split in two and setup in a mirror
configuration using RAIDframe or something similar. If this is possible,
will it buy me any additional protection against dataloss, or is it more
likely that my disk crashes all together?
The servo motor no longer spins up the hard drive. How will you
recover? Setting up the drive as a multi-partition RAIDFrame doesn't
accomplish anything except add complexity. If you want protection
against a physical hard drive failure, you need more than one hard
drive, end of story. Whether you use a RAID-1 mirror, crontab a nightly
dump/restore to an external USB drive, or whatever, if there's a single
point of failure, you have to consider it "already dead", and choose
your preferred recovery method.
