[ale] Disk Mirroring / Raid

[Eric Z. Ayers]

Gary,

For a very cheap but easy to understand disk 'mirroring' solution, we
use 'rsync' in a cron job nightly to update a second disk.  With raw
disk partition mirroring, you have a lot of configuration hassles in
my experience.  

-Eric.

Gary S. Mackay writes:
 > 
 > How difficult is it to setup standard disk mirroring in linux? I have an
 > opportunity (client!) to replace an OLD Sparc box with a *Nix solution. I
 > recommened a linux server with dual 9.1gig 7200 rpm drives. When I have to put
 > in NT, this is what I use and then mirror them. (Don't start a thread on how
 > bad NT mirroring is, believe me, I know). I would like to mirror these also,
 > maybe even Raid-5 if I can get the client to spring for it. 
 > 
 > Problem: I've never setup mirroring nor Raid in linux before. Is this
 > something I should be able to pick up quickly, or is this a real head-banger
 > for the first time out?
 > 
 > - Gary
 > 
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