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Re: Seeking advice and documentation on non-standard software RAID1 setup



Pascal Hambourg wrote at 2010-11-30 06:34 -0600:
> Andrei Popescu a écrit :
> > - make a software RAID1 on my laptop between a SD card and a partition 
> >   on the builtin HDD
> > - whenever I want or need to use the other laptop I use the SD card to 
> >   boot from it and work in my environment
> > 
> > This way I can enjoy my work environment on whatever machine I work and 
> > also have a sort of backup.

> > 1. Is this setup possible and/or feasible?
> 
> Yes, but my advice is : don't do this. RAID provides redundancy, not
> backup. Better use a real backup/synchronisation solution.

Like unison.

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