As we know, there's the right answer, the wrong answer and the Microsoft answer. Sometimes the MS answer is also right or wrong. ;')
+__________________________________________+ "There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and [Unix] BSD. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -Jeremy S. Anderson Kevin M. Flanagan C/S Planning Engineer III IT Systems Implementation Branch Banking & Trust 3261 Atlantic Ave Suite 116 Raleigh, NC 27604 919-716-6209 > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Esgro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 8:38 AM > To: MSWinNT Discussions > Subject: RE: software mirror > > > I agree with all of the comments about software redundancy. > However I am sure Microsoft would definitely beg to differ. > If you want to be an MCSE in 2000, don't overlook software > RAID, the Server test likes to ask questions about it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Flanagan, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 8:32 AM > To: MSWinNT Discussions > Subject: RE: software mirror > > All of the other folks who pointed out the weaknesses of > software RAID are right on the money. > > > While there isn't anything wrong with not knowing, once you > know the details I think that you'll see the flaws. > > At my last employer we discarded a job candidate because he > knew a bit about RAID and still thought that software RAID > was "Slick". I guess that it's viable for some folks, but in > any kind of corporate environment downtime costs far more > than the hardware. Hardware is the least expensive part of > doing business, if your employer takes a few minutes to count > the lost time/productivity of employees for a day or more > while you restore/rebuild a server that lost one disk with > Software RAID, they should see the merit of having a hardware > RAID solution where the recovery from a lost disk is > functionally zero impact on the users. > > > > > Good luck, and happy learning.. ;') > > > +__________________________________________+ > "There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD > and [Unix] BSD. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." > -Jeremy S. Anderson > > > Kevin M. Flanagan > C/S Planning Engineer III > IT Systems Implementation > Branch Banking & Trust > 3261 Atlantic Ave Suite 116 > Raleigh, NC 27604 > 919-716-6209 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Avi Smith-Rapaport [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 3:16 PM > > To: MSWinNT Discussions > > Subject: software mirror > > > > > > What goes into setting up a software mirror? > > Will be purchasing a win2k server with 2 drives in it but do > > not need to set up a raid or even hardware mirror. Any help > > would be great. I have never done it so I have no clue if > > it's just software, where I get it, or what. > > > > avi > > > > > > ------ > > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
