Vista - Mirror

I have two drive on my computer so when I save my data to a drive is there a
way to mirror it so it will be saved on both drives? I have the Vista
Ultimate OS

"Richard" <miller039@cox.net> wrote
news:943DE728-5EEE-482B-B795-B2F66BF89222@microsoft.com...
>I have two drive on my computer so when I save my data to a drive is there
>a
> way to mirror it so it will be saved on both drives? I have the Vista
> Ultimate OS
>

You already asked yesterday...

"I have two drive on my computer so when I save my data to a drive is there
>>a
>> way to mirror it so it will be saved on both drives? I have the Vista
>> Ultimate OS
>>
>
> You already asked yesterday...


Why didn't it show up on my newsgroup? It still isn't on my newsgroup list.
However the one I ask today is on my newsgroup list. Can you tell me why?
If not can you answer my question below. If not I just have to ask it again
because
people on this news group will think the question was answered and it
wasn't.

Thank You
Richard

I have two drive on my computer so when I save my data to a drive is there
>>a
>> way to mirror it so it will be saved on both drives? I have the Vista
>> Ultimate OS
>

Richard wrote:
> I have two drive on my computer so when I save my data to a drive is
> there a
> way to mirror it so it will be saved on both drives? I have the Vista
> Ultimate OS
>

The link below gives some basic info on setting up a RAID configuration.
Some motherboard support raid or you might have to buy a RAID controller.

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...eid=830&page=1

gls858

On Thu, 31 May 2007 11:28:19 -0500, gls858 <gls858@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Richard wrote:
>> I have two drive on my computer so when I save my data to a drive is
>> there a
>> way to mirror it so it will be saved on both drives? I have the Vista
>> Ultimate OS
>>
>
>The link below gives some basic info on setting up a RAID configuration.
>Some motherboard support raid or you might have to buy a RAID controller.
>
>http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...eid=830&page=1



Yes, but it's worth pointing out that RAID mirroring has nothing to do
with backup, and is probably inappropriate for him.

Mirroring is used for applications where down time can't be
tolerated. If you have a company that's providing certain kinds
of service to your customers, you can stand to lose a lot of
money if that service isn't available even for a few minutes.
Think of things like an airline reservation system; if the plane
flies with empty seats because the reservation system wasn't up,
the company loses huge sums of money.

So mirroring lets the second drive seamlessly take over if the
first drive fails, without the system going down. This is *not* data
backup and companies that use mirroring normally also have a
backup procedure in place, with backups stored externally and
off-site.


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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> On Thu, 31 May 2007 11:28:19 -0500, gls858 <gls858@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Richard wrote:
>>> I have two drive on my computer so when I save my data to a drive is
>>> there a
>>> way to mirror it so it will be saved on both drives? I have the Vista
>>> Ultimate OS
>>>
>> The link below gives some basic info on setting up a RAID configuration.
>> Some motherboard support raid or you might have to buy a RAID controller.
>>
>> http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...eid=830&page=1
>
>
>
> Yes, but it's worth pointing out that RAID mirroring has nothing to do
> with backup, and is probably inappropriate for him.
>
> Mirroring is used for applications where down time can't be
> tolerated. If you have a company that's providing certain kinds
> of service to your customers, you can stand to lose a lot of
> money if that service isn't available even for a few minutes.
> Think of things like an airline reservation system; if the plane
> flies with empty seats because the reservation system wasn't up,
> the company loses huge sums of money.
>
> So mirroring lets the second drive seamlessly take over if the
> first drive fails, without the system going down. This is *not* data
> backup and companies that use mirroring normally also have a
> backup procedure in place, with backups stored externally and
> off-site.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

You are correct. He said he wanted to mirro the drives I simply guided
him to some info.

On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:44:27 -0500, gls858 <gls858@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>> On Thu, 31 May 2007 11:28:19 -0500, gls858 <gls858@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Richard wrote:
>>>> I have two drive on my computer so when I save my data to a drive is
>>>> there a
>>>> way to mirror it so it will be saved on both drives? I have the Vista
>>>> Ultimate OS
>>>>
>>> The link below gives some basic info on setting up a RAID configuration.
>>> Some motherboard support raid or you might have to buy a RAID controller.
>>>
>>> http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...eid=830&page=1
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, but it's worth pointing out that RAID mirroring has nothing to do
>> with backup, and is probably inappropriate for him.
>>
>> Mirroring is used for applications where down time can't be
>> tolerated. If you have a company that's providing certain kinds
>> of service to your customers, you can stand to lose a lot of
>> money if that service isn't available even for a few minutes.
>> Think of things like an airline reservation system; if the plane
>> flies with empty seats because the reservation system wasn't up,
>> the company loses huge sums of money.
>>
>> So mirroring lets the second drive seamlessly take over if the
>> first drive fails, without the system going down. This is *not* data
>> backup and companies that use mirroring normally also have a
>> backup procedure in place, with backups stored externally and
>> off-site.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
>You are correct. He said he wanted to mirro the drives I simply guided
>him to some info.



Glad we agree. The only reason I added my comment is that *most* home
users who want to mirror drives do so because they think of it as a
backup technique. Richard may or not fall into that category, but in
case he does, I wanted him to be aware of the considerations.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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