Hi,
I'd like to set up my WHS so that there is an external hard disk that contains a copy (master or shadow, as far as I can tell I don't care?) of all of the data that is contained on the internal hard disk(s). That way if some disaster befalls my home, I can either a) take the external hard drive with me before it happens (floods, hurricanes, etc) or b) it can be a disaster-proof hard drive (i.e. withstand fire, flood-proof, etc).
Is there a way to get WHS to do this?
One way I was contemplating was to just get two hard drives of the same size, one internal and one external. Then WHS wouldn't have a choice but to do what I'm wanting here. Right?
In theory, yes (with the exception of the 20 GB OS partition). While what you suggest would probably work, the problem is that using an external USB drive as part of the storage pool can cause unexpected results (typically because the enclosures have a power-saving feature that WHS in turn treats as a "missing" drive). (Plus you could never add a third drive as that would throw your whole concept out the window. :) )
Are there other/better ways?
You could use the included backup feature of WHS, periodically backing up your data to your disaster-proof drive (or just take it off-site, which is what I would do as I wouldn't trust anything claiming to be "disaster-proof" because if it fails, you have nothing).
Thanks!
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