Re: Poor Mans Software raid 1 on root partition?

2002-07-16 Thread Jack L. Stone
At 06:03 PM 7.16.2002 +1200, Tortise@Paradise wrote: >> > You can get a 3ware 7210 for $120: http://newegg.com >> > >> > it'll save you a lOT of time and heartache, and it's not that much $$... >> >> True, but if that 3ware quits making those cards and your card goes, your >> data is completely lo

Re: Poor Mans Software raid 1 on root partition?

2002-07-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > You can get a 3ware 7210 for $120: http://newegg.com > > > > it'll save you a lOT of time and heartache, and it's not that much $$... > > True, but if that 3ware quits making those cards and your card goes, your > data is completely lost. And what if you choose not to upgrade each time > 3war

Re: Poor Mans Software raid 1 on root partition?

2002-07-15 Thread Brian T . Schellenberger
On Monday 15 July 2002 11:30 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Nick | Many thanks for your detailed and considered response. May I interact with | it? I shall presume I may. | | > If you don't want a tape drive, it's still a better idea to do dumps to | > another disk rather than dd. Why? | > | > 1

Re: Poor Mans Software raid 1 on root partition?

2002-07-15 Thread Andrew P. Lentvorski
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Glen Mehn wrote: > You can get a 3ware 7210 for $120: http://newegg.com > > it'll save you a lOT of time and heartache, and it's not that much $$... True, but if that 3ware quits making those cards and your card goes, your data is completely lost. And what if you choose not