[mythtv-users] Mirroring root partition on SSD to a hard drive -- bad idea?

[Craig Huff]

I have migrated my system disk to an SSD with /var mounted on a separate
hard drive to limit wear on the SSD. For protection against the day the SSD
fails, I'm thinking of mirroring it to a partition on an available hard
drive.  It appears I can do this with either the traditional software raid
approach using mdadm that looks a lot like what I did with Sun Solaris
systems many years ago, or with dmraid, taking advantage of the Intel
hardware (firmware?) support on my motherboard, although that may be an
issue with the SSD on a SATA 3.0 port and the hard drive on a SATA 2.0
port.  If I go ahead, I'll have to investigate that.

As complicated as setting up and maintaining this system has been, I'm of
mixed opinions on whether this would just be another step in the process or
the straw that breaks the camel's back.

I'd appreciate any advice or opinions.

--
Craig.
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