From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 8 20:17:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp13.singnet.com.sg (smtp13.singnet.com.sg [165.21.6.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92AB037B403 for ; Sat, 8 Jun 2002 20:17:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from singapura.singnet.com.sg (singapura.singnet.com.sg [165.21.10.10]) by smtp13.singnet.com.sg (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g593HgxL031832 for ; Sun, 9 Jun 2002 11:17:42 +0800 Received: (from shanali@localhost) by singapura.singnet.com.sg (8.8.5/8.7.2) id LAA10824 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 9 Jun 2002 11:17:42 +0800 (SST) Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 11:17:42 +0800 From: S H A N To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Network RAID on FreeBSD - is it possible? Message-ID: <20020609031742.GA19660@singapura.singnet.com.sg> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <102ca92102bb41.102bb41102ca92@mbox.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <102ca92102bb41.102bb41102ca92@mbox.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi, implement vinum on nfs disks.. try your luck... u'r mileage may vary :) On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 10:06:51AM +1000, BSD Freak wrote: > Hi all, > > We have a server which is highly critical. Data loss or downtime on it > is not an option so we have a hardware RAID 1 and also a second "hot > host" (in another building) which replicates data from the main one > every 30 minutes (via rsync). However it is this 30 minute window that > concerns me because that leaves us open to 30 minutes of data loss. > > So basically what I'm asking is (without switching to Sun equipent) is > it possible to do some sort of network RAID where data is written to > both systems simultaneously? We need our system to carry on with no > data loss even if one of the servers should suffer a complete system > failure (ie be blown up or thrown out of the window)...... > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Would you like to receive faxes to your personal email address? > You can with mBox. Visit http://www.mbox.com.au/fax > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- S H A N To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message