Fund@RELAY.PROTEON.COM (02/09/90)
> Does anyone know if it is possible to achieve disk mirroring by >partitioning a single disk drive (110 Meg.) Does disk mirroring have >to be done on two separate disks of identical size? > We anticipate having a Novell network which contains a file server >and an SNA gateway server SEPARATED physically by a Proteon backbone >which includes two Proteon P4200 routers with IPX cards installed in >each. We would DEEPLY appreciate any assistance which might be offered. > Thank you in advance for your help. Just think about it for a minute. It would not make sense to mirror onto the same drive. If the drive went bad, it would be unusable. If you mirrored to a second drive, you would still be in business with the second drive. To get the real benefits of mirroring, you should duplex as well. This means getting a second disk controller board as well. Glenn Fund Internet: Fund@Relay.proteon.com Principal Research Specialist CompuServe: 75170,1060 Lockheed Sanders cc:Mail Fund at Proteonwebo DW Highway South Phone: (603) 885-6242 MS NHQ4-0138 Director of The Greater Boston Area Nashua, NH 03061 Novell Users Group. Co-Founder and President of the Affiliation of NetWare Users "ANU Day Is Dawning"