[H-GEN] Linux file server

[Tim Kent]

> Russell Stuart wrote:
>>     It does.  Another way to use the second drive is as a hot
>>     spare - doing an image backup each night after checking
>>     that all you data looks consistent.
> 
> I have been considering this myself, so what would you use to image one 
> drive to another each night? dd?

Check out tar or dump (along with restore), they were both designed for 
archiving to tape but can go to a file as well.  I don't think dd would 
be a good choice for an online file system.

Cheers,
Tim

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