On 1/26/2010 3:40 PM, Dan Smisko wrote:
>
> Yes, only the backup data (pool, cpool, etc) was on the dead drive.  The
> config is in /etc/BackupPC.
> I guess I will try to re-create the backup directories and try another
> backup.
>
> Certainly a RAID is worth considering, but the next question is what to
> put on a RAID drive.

It should look the same - just mount an md? device instead of sd??.

> A dead root drive would not be much fun either.  My preference would be
> software RAID
> for portability, but I don't know about performance.  Does software RAID
> work on a Linux
> root drive?

Yes, you should be able to install on raid with the only consideration 
being that /boot (or / if /boot is not a separate partition) must be a 
RAID1 that ends up being treated like a single drive in the first stages 
of booting.  Software raid1 has very good performance unless you use old 
IDE drives on the same controller/cable.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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