>>>hi all,
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>>>i have a database on the server which i want to mirror on another machine (workstation) too so as to ensure that work can go on even if the server goes down. How do i go about mirroring the database ? This idea is totally new to me.
>>>
>>>many thanks.
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>>Are you talking about SQL Server Databases or VFP? On SQL server, mirorring is done through a RAID-1. In this case, the drive is still on the server, however.
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>George,
>Are you suggesting that RAID 1 does not operate with VFP data?... my understanding is that RAID is all strictly hardware and so is totally independent of data 'structure'. I guess more correctly, a RAID that *is* fully hardware (only) based is independent of data/file structure and operates on whole drives (or possibly partitions).
>Is that wrong?
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Jim,

No I didn't mean to imply that. A RAID array, however, is located on a single server. RAID arrays can be software based, however.

I assume that the poster was implying SQL Server, in which case replication might be the solution he was after since it works naturally between servers.