I used to run a weekly ghost as a do-it-yourself RAID....the only issue was if a drive failed just before a scheduled ghost. I'd buy a RAID controller too, they are worth it in for the speed of the system, less hassle in the long run.
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:38 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'll wait for final approval from our company's Network Architect. > > Some have hinted (and I'm prepared to go this way) that I might instead > clone the drive to the second drive in the system. The system drive fails, > then the swap works... > - > richard > > Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote on 10/08/2009 11:22:00 AM: > > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:14 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The machine will have the VMWare windows-based management software (it > will > > > _NOT_ be an ESX host!), and once built should not have that much disk > I/O > > > (or so I'm naive enough to believe). > > > > In a pinch, can you install the VMware management software on a > > workstation and get point-in-time functionality back without loosing > > operational capability? If so, that sounds okay. If you *need* that > > box working to manage your VMs effectively, I'd say it was as > > important as the ESX hosts themselves. > > > > > If one drive fails, can the mirror be brokenor must one replace the > failed > > > disk and then break the mirror, or is one pretty much stuck with the > > > software RAID 1 once it's created? > > > > As I recall, once you've made a mirror set, it remains a mirror set > > for life. You can run it perpetually as a degraded mirror with one > > missing member, though. > > > > Oh, and IIRC, creating a mirror set converts the partition system to > > Microsoft's funky "Advanced Disk" format, which probabbly breaks most > > third-party partition management tools. > > > > It's been years since I've touched a Microsoft RAID, so I reserve > > the right to be wrong. :) > > > > -- Ben > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
