Rodrigo Barbosa wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 09:31:54AM -0500, Ugo Bellavance wrote: >>> Anyway, if you want to "sync up" two drives periodically, I'd suggest >>> either using software RAID 1, and re-adding the drive to a normally-broken >>> array, (look for the software RAID howto) or using rsync. (The latter >>> doesn't perform nearly as well as the former, but has fewer dependencies >>> at the filesytem level) >>> >>> It all depends on what you're really after... >> I thought about those 2 already... I don't know RAID much so it might be >> an opportunity to learn. I just don't want to break anything. I know >> rsync so there is less risk. Maybe DRBD? > > DRBD ? Talk about risk. That is not for the faint of heart, and it is > very easy to get it out of sync. Useful tool, but a real PITA. > > RAID 1 looks like your best option. Ok, thanks. I think I'll try both rsync and RAID to see the real pros an cons in my environment. Thanks all for all your help! > > - -- > Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org> > "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" > "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDxmoHpdyWzQ5b5ckRAnQfAJ9l69t6AsLPYBqIsCOqOolk5J5ABACcCrRb > cd7doR/ryf4uyFg1nY6QTgk= > =2KT3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ugo -> Please don't send a copy of your reply by e-mail. I read the list. -> Please avoid top-posting, long signatures and HTML, and cut the irrelevant parts in your replies.