Re: RAID1: What happens when one half of a mirror fails?

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On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 09:30:09PM -0700, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> If a little downtime is no big deal, and you could use a little extra
> disk space, then sure, don't mirror swap.
> 
> If downtime is more important than the loss of a little disk space, then
> do mirror swap.
> 
> Before you say that disk is always cheaper than downtime, recall that
> sometimes there'll be a layer of bureaucracy between you and the
> purchase of a new disk.

But in that case if you mirror swap then you can have the pleasure
of working through the bureaucracy while the server is still up. :)

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