Re: [Dorset] Slight OT: Cloning a RAID array of SSDs

2013-02-24 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday 24 Feb 2013 15:45:37 Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:19:45 +, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk said: > > This is work related, but I'd like to use Clonezilla to clone an SSD > > based RAID 1 array of disks running Win XP. > It's interesting that you want to know how to implement

Re: [Dorset] Slight OT: Cloning a RAID array of SSDs

2013-02-24 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:19:45 +, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk said: > This is work related, but I'd like to use Clonezilla to clone an SSD > based RAID 1 array of disks running Win XP. Hi Terry It's interesting that you want to know how to implement your chosen solution ("use Clonezilla...") rathe

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 474, Issue 2

2013-02-24 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday 24 Feb 2013 14:22:42 Peter wrote: > On 24/02/13 12:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: > > One final question; I've never played around with RAID before. What > > happens if I remove one disc from the array and then power the machine > > up? Is this a reasonable simulation of a

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 474, Issue 2

2013-02-24 Thread Peter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 24/02/13 12:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: > One final question; I've never played around with RAID before. What happens > if I remove one disc from the array and then power the machine up? Is this a > reasonable simulation of a fa

Re: [Dorset] Slight OT: Cloning a RAID array of SSDs

2013-02-24 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter, > Will Clonezilla make a copy of each raid disc, or will it make one > copy of the lot somehow that can then be restored to two raid discs? If Linux handles the Intel RAID controller then Clonezilla should just see a single "drive" and all RAID stuff is magic behind it. The drive's con

Re: [Dorset] Slight OT: Cloning a RAID array of SSDs

2013-02-24 Thread Paul Stenning
Hi Peter, On 24/02/2013 13:14, Peter Merchant wrote: Saying that makes me think it might be a good idea to back up the clonezilla backup off-PC. Agreed, hard disk failure is more likely than a terminally messed up Windows installation (assuming she has a decent anti-virus program and is reas

Re: [Dorset] Slight OT: Cloning a RAID array of SSDs

2013-02-24 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday 24 Feb 2013 13:14:47 Peter Merchant wrote: > You don't mention where you intend to back up your stuff to. Is it an > attached external disc(s), or across a network? initially to a USB drive with the image copied to a DVD (or DVDs). > Will Clonezilla make a copy of each raid disc, or wil

Re: [Dorset] Slight OT: Cloning a RAID array of SSDs

2013-02-24 Thread Peter Merchant
On 24/02/13 11:14, Terry Coles wrote: On Sunday 24 Feb 2013 10:35:18 Ralph Corderoy wrote: The setup is using a hardware based RAID Controller (Intel) with two 100 GB discs. Does it support a third? Plugging it in for as long as it takes to become a good copy would be another option. The mach

Re: [Dorset] Power saving - how to shut down

2013-02-24 Thread Peter Merchant
On 24/02/13 10:01, Peter Merchant wrote: Sometimes this machine is left switched on from early morning until late evening, and only used a couple of times. Can anyone suggest a means of causing the computer to shut down if unattended for a specified time (i.e 20 mins, 30 mins)? I don't mind t

Re: [Dorset] Slight OT: Cloning a RAID array of SSDs

2013-02-24 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday 24 Feb 2013 10:35:18 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > The setup is using a hardware based RAID Controller (Intel) with two > > 100 GB discs. > > Does it support a third? Plugging it in for as long as it takes to > become a good copy would be another option. The machine only has two externally

Re: [Dorset] Power saving - how to shut down

2013-02-24 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter, > Sometimes this machine is left switched on from early morning until > late evening, and only used a couple of times. Can anyone suggest a > means of causing the computer to shut down if unattended for a > specified time (i.e 20 mins, 30 mins)? Will anyone be logged in at that point?

Re: [Dorset] Slight OT: Cloning a RAID array of SSDs

2013-02-24 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > I'd like to use Clonezilla to clone an SSD based RAID 1 array of disks > running Win XP. Anyone have any relevant experience? Nope. :-) > The setup is using a hardware based RAID Controller (Intel) with two > 100 GB discs. Does it support a third? Plugging it in for as long as

Re: [Dorset] Power saving - how to shut down

2013-02-24 Thread Paul Stenning
Hi Peter, You didn't say what operating system you are using. In Windows and most versions of Linux this would be done from the power management options. You can choose to turn off the display and/or hard disks after a certain time, suspend, hibernate or power down the computer after certain

[Dorset] Power saving - how to shut down

2013-02-24 Thread Peter Merchant
Sometimes this machine is left switched on from early morning until late evening, and only used a couple of times. Can anyone suggest a means of causing the computer to shut down if unattended for a specified time (i.e 20 mins, 30 mins)? I don't mind the wait while it boots, if I know that it

[Dorset] Slight OT: Cloning a RAID array of SSDs

2013-02-24 Thread Terry Coles
Hi, This is work related, but I'd like to use Clonezilla to clone an SSD based RAID 1 array of disks running Win XP. Anyone have any relevant experience? The setup is using a hardware based RAID Controller (Intel) with two 100 GB discs. I'm assuming that this will work, but would like answer