This would be a good job for rsync perhaps.... P. Jim Perrin wrote: >On 12/5/05, Sam Drinkard <sam at wa4phy.net> wrote: > > >> Is it possible to set up a single disk raid (kind of redundant to call a >>single disk an array) but I've got a single SATA drive in the machine not >>doing anything. It's a 10k maxtor 74G drive, and what I really want is just >>to backup two home partitions. I can always reinstall the OS, but the data >>can't be recovered that easily. The mobo supports raid-0,1 and jbod. >>Suggestions? >> >> > >Really for RAID, you want identical disks. Better solution would be to >just archive important data to the drive on a semi-regular basis. > >as for raid on just one disk, it's not a belt&suspenders type >scenario, it's a "wearing two belts" scenario. There's no real point, >because if the drive fails, you're screwed just the same. > > >-- >Jim Perrin >System Architect - UIT >Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >