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Re: RAID?



On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 05:27:05AM -0400, Vikki Roemer wrote:
> Hi
> My computer overheated a few weeks ago and I ended up with some fs
> corruption.  My mom didn't trust the HD, so she bought me a new one-- so now
> I have 2 HDs, a 40 GB (the old one) and a 60 GB (the new one).  The 60 is
> hda, and the 40 is hdb.  So anyway, I was wondering if I could set up some
> sort of small, 2-disk RAID array.  Would that be a good idea?  Or should I
> just use the old HD to back up the new one?  My computer is running as the
> server for my domain-- it's a web server, mail server, and the samba server
> for my LAN.  If I do set up RAID, what type do you think I should use?

I'd recommend not doing anything with the 40GB drive except running
badblocks -n on it for a few days, just to make sure it's OK. If it's
in any way dubious, using it for RAID is somewhat pointless, and using
it for backup purposes is a snare and a delusion.

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