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>I'm working on a document that describes the benefits of using RAID
>mirroring. I want to say that mirroring provides "live backup" of the
>data on the drive(s) being mirrored.
>Is there a better way of putting that? "Continuing backup"? "Active
>backup"?
How about mirroring "reflects" the data on the "actual" drive. That way you
leverage the mirror metaphor inherent in the technology. If I recall
correctly, mirroring is a logical concept rather than a physical one. Heck,
the technology might have changed in 7 years. :-)
Mary
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