Re: How long does DD take? 180GB?

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia (nkadel_at_comcast.net)
Date: 10/08/03 

Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 08:17:24 -0400

Frank Burns wrote:

>>*WHY* are you copying them this way? Why not partition the new RAID
>>array, create a file system, and use something like "tar" or "rsync" to
>>duplicate the data?
>>
>>Doing this by duplicating every byte is like replacing every space on a
>>web page with " ": it's an amazingly long waste of your time and
>>gains you nothing.
>
>
> I can't copy anything from the old RAID-0 because it's not working.
>
> I can't have 2 raid 0's in 1 system with only 1 raid controller, and
> one raid wouldn't even work, so I couldn't even get any data off it.
> This is the only way I can do it. copy each drive, and try to recreate
> the raid.

Ohh. *OUCH*, that sucks. Couldn't you buy or borrow another RAID
controller to speed this process?

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