On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:18:01 -0800, richard wrote: > I have a email/web server running on one drive and I want to install a > backup for obvious reasons. Essentially I'll remove the optical drive > and have the new HD take the slave spot. I can't set up a RAID witout > nuking the information already contained on the server. So_ Whats the > best way to go about this?
I assume that you are going to be using Linux software RAID. You can convert to RAID-1 (mirror) without destroying your system. You can't convert to RAID-0 (stripe) without destroying your system. However, it looks from your post as though you want to convert to RAID-1. Two points: 1. Check out the Software-RAID-HOWTO - if you don't have it installed, it's at http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html - section 4.14 will help you plan the conversion. 2. It sounds like your setup will have your mirror on the same IDE channel as your primary. That may be risky: there's a possibility that a disk failure will take out the whole channel. Hope this helps -- ....................paul "The average lifespan of a Web page today is 100 days. This is no way to run a culture." Internet Archive Board Chairman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
