problem with RAID 1 and requesting for solutions

[shahram haghnia]

Dear Sir/Madam,

Iam really appreciate if you take a look into below email and advise me any
update.




On 6/16/12 7:01 PM, "info smartelcom" <info at smartelcom.net> wrote:

> HI there,
> 
> hope my email find you well, i recently order a server with below
> configuration 
> 
> INTEL
> 1x Quad-Core i5-2500 3.3GHz, 6M Cache
> 16GB DDR3
> 2x 500GB SATAII
> 
> then ask from my COLOCATION to install FreeBSD 8.2 or 8.3 with RAID 1, after
> many times of fail in installation from colocation they said that we have
> problem with RAID 1.we suggest them to play with different kind of RAID like
> RAID 5 and they said as our requested server only have 2 HDD, its not possible
> to set up RAID 5.
> 
> now they said us that the only way for having backup of DATA in this condition
> is set up a scheduled task to put back up of data in the second HDD .
> 
> 
> 
> now i really need to know if there is a only way for having data back up in
> this condition or you have better idea according to your experience.also if
> its the only way , would it be a good level of data security ?
> 
> 
> looking forward to hear from your side soon.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Smartelcom Team  
> 
> 
> 
> 




Regards

Shahram Haghnia
Technical Director
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Smartelcom Communications
Global Wholesale Services