Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 21:03:24 +0200 From: Mattias Pantzare <pantzer@ludd.luth.se> To: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Poor Mans Software raid 1 on root partition? Message-ID: <20020716190324.GA1042@skalman.campus.luth.se> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020716083905.0117a758@mail.sage-one.net> References: <20020715225138.V82789-100000@mail.allcaps.org> <3.0.5.32.20020716083905.0117a758@mail.sage-one.net>
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> seems to be on the "backup" and very little on the restore -- and I'm > speaking more from the disaster recovery -- to get back up and running > within minutes. In raising the question about that, I have noticed few have > ever "tested" any sort of backup plans to see if they really can restore, > or how quickly they can restore. > > I for one would sure like to hear more about recovery plans..... mine is to > use two identical HDs on each server and run DD frequently, with tars for > incremental. Thus, I have found it very simple to shut down, pull the bad > HD, move HD #2 up and re cable it -- then boot and voila! I'm back up. > THEN, add back any incremental while running in the meantime.... What will hapen if the HD crashes while you are copying it? You can end upp with bad content in files without you knowing it. rsync is probably better than dd. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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