From: Tony Williams 

Ellen,

If you're serious about using an extra drive to improve data integrity you
might want to look into RAID mirroring. The various Windows Server editions
support it in software so all you need to buy is the extra drive.

Here's a page with a good explanation and links to HOWTOs :

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/default.asp?url=/WINDOWS200
0/en/server/help/sag_FAULTconcepts_01.htm

A search for "mirrored volumes" at MS's web site pulls up several
useful links.

--
Tony

Ellen K. wrote:
> And if the one you make the backup drive fails?
>
> Actually I was thinking of this myself... Put a second drive in the Dell
> (this one already has two) and back up everything else to it.   Hard
> drives are cheap enough these days...
>
> On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 20:39:45 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote in
> message :
>
>
>>"bob chronister"  wrote in message
>>news:3dc27a38$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>>
>>>around and finally, you can do backups of your systems. of all these
>>>choices, the best is the last. unfortunately, most users do not remember
>>
>>to
>>
>>>insert a cd if the backup is automated or some such issue.
>>
>>This is where Geo points out that an extra drive in the other system makes a
>>nice backup device since you don't have to remember to change tapes or CD's
>>and an automated backup each night at 3am goes quickly and quietly...
>>
>>Geo.
>>
>
>

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