12 Oct
2004
12 Oct
'04
3:04 a.m.
David V. Corbin wrote:
Of course, you could always combine RAID (either HW or SW) and the
rsync approach. Space and money permitting, of course
--
--- Dave Woyciesjes
--- ICQ# 905818
>>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.