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by whatme?
There are 2 common types.
The first is by software. I have tried this with W2k and it does not work well (for me). This is probably what you really would like to try but I would strongly suggest you stay away from software driven RAID
The second is by hardware and by far the best. You will have to buy a raid card (EIDE $100) SCSI at $400 and up.
Mirroring is RAID 1. There are others but involve more drives. example Raid 5 uses a min of 3 drives and is one of the best. (check out RAID on the internet)
Back to RAID 1... Hardware is best since it actually will tell you if you have a broken RAID. Just pop in another drive(same size etc) and follow the instructions...then it will load the OS.
You can still load the OS w/one drive until you get the replacement.
I have used RAID 1 in 5 sites. Once a week , the manager switches the second drive and takes one home for disaster recovery issues.
Well, that is my 2 cents woth.
merv
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