I use gmirror for this very purpose. It works well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan McKeown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 5:25 AM Subject: Mirroring: gvinum or gmirror?
> I'm setting up a remote server with two identical hard drives, running > FreeBSD-6.1. I want to set the drives up as a mirror for data redundancy. I > also want to be able to break the mirror when I need to update the OS or > installed software, so that if anything goes wrong with the update on one > drive I can boot back to the other one, or if all is well, re-establish the > mirror and synchronise to the updated system. I have serial console access > including BIOS console redirection. > > Based on web and Usenet/mailing list searches, gmirror looks more > straightforward for this simple case, gvinum more flexible but poorly > documented, and the most recent comments I can find (still all 6+ months ago) > seem to suggest that gvinum hasn't completely stabilised for production yet. > > Is this a fair assessment? Are there any factors I've missed? Which solution > is likely to suit the situation better? > > Jonathan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
