[Gllug] Server setup

[George Wright]

I'm just about to put a new server together (an Athlon XP 2400+, 2x80GB IDE 
etc) and I've decided to put Debian (Sarge) on it as it's much easier to do 
remote administration etc with apt-get than anything else. However, a few 
questions remain about the setup:

How does one go about setting up a RAID-1 mirroring array between the 2 80GB 
IDE drives? Do I install as normal on one drive then set up the RAID or do I 
need to do it when I actually install?

Another thing is I'd like to be able to hook the machine up to a phone line so 
I can use it as a dial in server so that if I'm totally internet-less I can 
always phone in using my mobile and bluetooth and gain access that way... 
What would be the best way to set this up? Will it render the phone line 
useless for incoming voice calls or faxes?

Also, I'd want to use the server as some sort of network storage device for 
backup of important data as it'll be the only machine with redundancy. Would 
NFS be best or are there other better solutions out there that I could use?

Many thanks,
-- 
George Wright, http://www.gwright.org.uk
KDE Developer - http://www.kde.org
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