On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 04:16:40PM -0600, Kirk Strauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 1 - Can I do this with software? I have read sections 12 and 13 but I am > > still a bit confused if I can back up the entire disk? > > Absolutely! I'm using vinum on several production systems to great effect. > > > That is, if one fails will it boot with the other? I would like to mirror > > everything, including the OS. > > The *only* thing that vinum can't (conveniently) do is mirror the root > partition. However, rsync plus a 2-line shell script and a cron job can > handle that task. > > Just to let you know ahead of time, vinum seems terribly complex the first > time you try to use it, but it's really not that difficult. Work through > the examples and you'll be running in mirrored (or RAID-5'ed) glory in no > time. Just a word of warning. Have you ever tried to rebuild failed disk in an online R5 volume? Last time I tried it the result was totally corrupt filesystem. Perhaps it is changed, but I encourage everybody going this route to test it (R5) configuration thoroughly. -- Vallo Kallaste [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
