>>>>> On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:56:56 -0400, Mike Hobbs said: > > When backing up to a disk/RAID system, how do you guys mirror your > raid array? If you were to mirror in real-time and something got > corrupted it could cause problems on your mirror. Do you mirror once a > day? What software do you use to mirror your array? is rsync good enough?
What do you mean by corrupted and cause problems? A disk error or something in software? RAID arrays are designed to cope gracefully with disk errors. File systems using checksums with built-in RAID capabilities such as zfs can make that process more robust. If you are worried about software bugs (in the filesystem implementation or Bacula), then I think you need to make separate backups and test them regularly, because any kind of automatic synchronization of the mirror will just silently propagate the corruption to all copies. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
