Full mirror in Linux with only 2 SATA disks?

[BearZDefect]

Is it possible to set up a fully mirrored system in Linux with only two SATA disk drives?

And be hot-swappable, assuming the hardware is capable?

If so, what sofware would do it? md?

Thanks!

 

[robertcope]

Yes, should be easy to do with software RAID 1 (mirroring). This should be part of pretty much any distribution. You can set it up during install under most of them, too. I'm sure you can google for more info, but here is a starting place for RHEL5/CentOS5:

http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/rhel5/rhel5_administration/rhel5_s1-raid-config.html

robert

 

[BearZDefect]

Thank you for the confirmation, Robert. I read the page you linked above.

I had Debian in mind, so I read this page:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s03.html.en

It appears to be pretty straightforward.