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Author: BillWarnerwwarner@direct-alliance.com
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Subject: disk mirroring
check the raid howto at http://www.linuxdoc.org or possibly
local in /usr/share/doc/HOWTO.

Bill Warner

> OK, here we go. I am setting up a new data server here at work with bad
> butt SCSI 160 10, 000 RPM drives and I plan on using linux as the OS.
> However, my boss indicated that he wanted a second drive inside to
> mirror the SCSI data disk like NT mirroring. This, of course, is
> because I was not authorized to purchase RAID which is what we need.
> Anyway, how would I accomplish "NT like" disk mirroring in linux. I
> have a few ideas on the matter but I hope some of you have experience
> with this. Should I just setup software raid? Thanks. I will carry
> this question to the meeting tonight so look for a big tall goon in a
> blue shirt and white shorts if you have comments on this.
>
> - Joel
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> "For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason,
> the
> story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance;
> he is
> about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final
> rock,
> he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for
> centuries."
>
> - Dr. Robert Jastrow
>         Founder of NASA"s Goddard Institute for space studies

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Bill Warner
Direct Alliance Corp.
Unix/Linux Admin.