Re: RAID syncronization - How often?

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Adam,
I'm Confused?
Why are you Syncing Something that is already Synced?
(as you know Raid 1 drives are 100% mirrored with in milli seconds of each
other.)
If it wasn't syncing you'd get Drive Errors from the server.

I've never heard of doing this please let me know who recommends this?

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"Adam Hannemann" <AdamHannemann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a couple of servers that use RAID 1 and I have them set to sync once
>a
> week. It's set to run on Sunday afternoon when my clients won't be in the
> office. It's not a terribly intensive process, and my feeling is that
> once a
> week is probably plenty.
>
> I would say that at least once a month would be a good practise to be in
> even if you don't really 'need' to do it.
>
> What you really need to do is setup the email notifications that Dirk
> mentioned - that way if there is a problem you'll be notified. That's
> saved
> my bacon a couple of times. It's much better to get in and be on top of a
> problem than come in 5 minutes too late.
>
> "Dirk-Thomas Brown" wrote:
>
>> I never set it to sync. This I use only if I have an issue and that I set
>> to
>> send an email. The Syncing you refer to, is on going, the drives are
>> mirrored (you have set them as such) as such they are always syncing and
>> as
>> data is written etc.. it is done exactly the same to both drives, hence
>> the
>> failed drive security.
>>
>> Dirk-Thomas
>>
>> "Jim G" <Jim G@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:u0xMUo%23gFHA.2472@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > I'm using the Promise Array Management (PAM) software to syncronize my
>> > RAID
>> > 1 array each morning. How often should I schedule the syncronization?
>> > What
>> > is best practice? The options are daily, weekly, etc.
>> >
>> > Jim G.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>


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