hi ya lee - like the idea of using ide disks to backup other ide disks.. - i would NOT use raid1 ( mirroring ) for backup data - i would rather have 2 backup servers with 2 sets of backup disks than one backup server w/ mirror disks - backup disks should be offline and unmountable except during the backup process - if you use raid1, and take one disk and hide it, your backup is basically rendered dead(no longer raid) till you put that disk back in again to backup more data to the "raid1" backup system - just use the one disk in that same removable tray and you are more likely to have a suitable/usable backup system - always have different backup disks for daily backup, weekly backups monthly backups and full backups... never use the same disks for it all ( lose that disk, and you lose everything ) http://www.Linux-Backup.net - free backup scripts - 8x 120GB ide disks in one 1U chassis --> lots of fun(pain) c ya alvin > I intend to use RAID IDE to replace old, slow and problematic tape backup. > > This is just theory at the moment, and I would like you to help punch wholes > in my idea ... > > Using normal IDE drives (3), USB 2.0 and an external housing and 5.25" > mobile racks (2), I am playing with creating a RAID 1 setup. > > If I remove one of the IDE drives from my RAID system. Could I put it way > in a safe and use it as a backup? > > Mailed > Lee > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
