--- On Wed, 10/14/09, Federico Sevilla III <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Federico Sevilla III <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [plug] RAID1 backup scheme > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 6:27 PM > Hi, > > Yes, this will work. Tried and tested. With hotplug > hardware, you don't > even need downtime. naku yan ang problema...management is in (perpetual) penny-pinching mode B) Although i think it would still be workable even without hotplug, i.e. just come in early/work late once a month to do the breaking/installing/rebuilding > > Cheers! > > On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 22:17 -0700, plug bert wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > > > Will this setup work? > > > > 1.) Set up a software RAID1 array(using mdadm and > onboard SATA/RAID ports), store files on it; > > 2.) At the end of the month, break the mirror, keep > the mirror drive as full backup > > 3.) Replace the mirror drive with a new drive > > 4.) Rebuild the RAID1 array > > > > > > > > Is there anything i'm missing? afaik the array will be > available even while rebuild is in progress(albeit there > would be a performance hit brought about by the rebuild) > tia > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- > Federico Sevilla III > F S 3 Consulting Inc. > http://www.fs3.ph > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
