[SC.LUG] Partitions!

[damian at damosoft.co.uk]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Seth Kneller wrote:

> damian at damosoft.co.uk wrote:
> 
> > Good, I'm also thinking about the second drive to mount at backup time, 
> > copy what I want over, then unmount it.  so its more like a dumping 
> > ground.  Any comments on that?
> 
> This is similar to the idea of a 'hot spare' which was used on an EMC 
> Network Storage device I had to work with at C&W a few years ago. The 
> idea was that every 4 hrs a disc would come online, take a snapshot of 
> what was on the main storage area and then go back offline again. Tape 
> backups were done every 12 hrs and then take off site, etc... The whole 
> kit was about the size of 3 American-style fridges put side by side.

haha, well sorry to disappoint but this is going to happen in a 1U case :p

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