David V. Corbin wrote:
>>>>Has anyone mentioned that if the OS or hardware or horrid
>>>>software goes astray and writes crap all over the disk,
>>>>RAID doesn't save you but the 'periodic rsync' approach does?
>>>>
>>>>- John
>
>
> I would be inclined to phrase that as "May" save you, rather than "Will".
>
> On the other hand, if there is any failure of the primary between "rsync's",
> then the secondary WILL be incomplete (or otherwise wrong) and content WILL
> be effected.
>
> Again...it is a matter of tradeoffs.
>
>
Of course, you could always combine RAID (either HW or SW) and the
rsync approach. Space and money permitting, of course
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--- Dave Woyciesjes
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Received on Tue Oct 12 2004 - 10:04:17 BST