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From: "Kurt Schafer" <kschafer@cyberbeach.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Disk mirroring?
Date: 30 Mar 1997 03:02:55 GMT
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This isn't really disk mirroring though is it ? I thought CCD was just for
munging 2 (or more) hard disks into a larger logical unit and that if any
of those smaller drives goes boom, the whole entity is messed.

-Kurt

Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> wrote in article
<333DD3F7.6F50@OntheNet.com.au>...
> Doyle R. Smith wrote:
> > 
> > What would be the best way to do disk mirroring with FreeBsd?
> 
> # man ccd
> 
> &
> 
> # man ccdconfig
> 
> You also need to rebuild your kernel with-
> 
> pseudo-device	ccd	n	#Allow n CCD devices
> 
> Tony
>