[TriLUG] Raid gurus?

[WA Brown]

What I would like to have is a backup drive that I can update priodically 
without having to shutdown the server. Especially one that can sit on the 
shelf. That way If something happens I can switch drives and be back online 
in a few minutes.

WA Brown
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Broome" <jbroome at gmail.com>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Raid gurus?


On 3/15/06, WA Brown <brownwa at ftc-i.net> wrote:
> Thats some of what I need to know. I have been working on the server 
> backup.
> I was wondering if the raid set up would do what I needed. What I am
> thinking is that with Raid1, can I unplug one drive ,then plug in another
> and use that as a backup disk? Will the Raid build the new drive that I 
> put
> in place? I have read a bunch about Raid but it dont answer these 
> questions.
> Or am I thinking wrong?


When you say "backup" disk, are you talking about having one on hand
to replace one that goes bad, or sticking a drive in there to do like
nightly backups?

'cause RAID isn't for BACKUPS.
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