[dba-Tech] Security measures RAID

I agree.
I must be really poor at explaining.
The third drive is outside the machine and in this scenario would not receive the SP4.
If the two mirrored drives fell over they can be removed and the 3rd run initially on its own...without the SP4 on it.

I understood the option for RAID were security or speed.  I was not aware stability was related, presuming the RAID setup is
"proper".  I promote it here solely for security, and for the integrated set of benefits one gets.  Certainly one would need, to
retrieve a running disc, to plug the disc back into the RAID controller.  (Same model, brand may work but there would be an element
of risk in that)  Forget trying to run the setup disc on a standard IDE controller.

And yes I use the xcopy also.  My brother wrote a fancy backup script in vb and its clever (http://www.cheqsoft.com/other.html) but
I find plain old xcopy does the job.   I prefer to see it as smart and quick, but not "cheap".  Also there are more options for
doing backups to say a day of the week etc.   HDD are fast, economic and large.  Smart!

Kind regards,
David
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Francisco H Tapia" <my.lists at verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 5:21 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Security measures


Raid IDE is more for fail safe rather than stability...  by that I
mean.. you install a patch lets say SP4 on win2k, and your machine
begins to act quirky, well your mirrored drives are gonna have that
install of sp4... as opposed to having mirrored or ghosted the drive
prior to the sp4 install.
--
-Francisco

Tortise at Paradise wrote:

> For what its worth a strategy I have employed is to use RAID IDE (mirroring) drives, use 3 drives, make two of them cold
swappable,
> and at intervals swap the drives and copy the image to the "new" drive"
> Should all hell break loose you reinstall the old drive, and update and run off that one, and resume copying from there.
> It is very cost effective, although not tested in the sense of being really needed.  Still I like these things happening on my
> terms.  LOL
> Kind regards,
> David
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven W. Erbach" <serbach at new.rr.com>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Security measures
>
>
> Francisco,
>
>
>>>It's quite a bit
>
> easier this way cuz you can just take your corrupted OS dump the image
> on it placing you back before the patch was installed. <<
>
> And that's where I thought a cloned drive would be simpler yet. Granted, you
> don't have multiple image backups. But for ease of get-up-and-go, a cloned
> drive wins hands down, I'd say.
>
> Thanks for the extra details about OE. Very persuasive arguments.
>
> Regards,
>


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