I'll be rude again and point out that Raid 1 sets can be broken with
software the controller mfrs supply. You could clone a drive, break the
set, stick in a new target, and when ready, 'rebuild'. I doubt,
however, whether you could schedule such an operation.

Bob wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:49:09 GMT, Bennett Price
> <bjpriceNOSPAM@itsa.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>
>
>>Think about a software solution - Symantec's Ghost or similar disk
>>imaging software. It will give you a quasi-mirror of the source.
>>"Quasi" because the source must be restored via sw, you can't just put
>>the target disk in and boot from it.
>
>
> Thank you for your reply, but please don't top post. It's considered
> rude because the reply is istant from the last part of what is being
> replied to. Just snip out the stuff that is no longer relevant, keep
> the stuff you are replying to, and put your reply after it. That way
> the reader can pick up the context of your reply quickly.
>
> I have used disk imaging s/w before and I do not care for it, not even
> Acronis. To get a true mirror, the computer must be booted out of
> Windows, and I do not want that. Acronis claims that their imaging
> utilities can make a perfect clone of the disk even while Windows is
> running, but I do not trust it nor do I want a disk image, for the
> reason you give.
>
> All I am asking is for the maker of a RAID 1 controller to enhance
> their control application to include the backup scenario. That should
> be very straightforward to implement.
>
> Since I first posted, I wrote Promise. Maybe they already have
> something available.
>
>