[CoLoCo] RAID question

[Jim Hutchinson]

Okay, I'm in the process of setting up 64 bit gutsy on a new drive
(actually typing this while doing the install - lets see a windows
user do that). I actually have 2 of the exact same drives and I
decided the best way to do backups is to just do RAID 1 (mirroring).
That way I'll always have an exact duplicate of the drive and if
anything goes bad I'm covered (unless they both die at the same time).
Is that correct thinking on my part?

Now for the main question. Do I have to set up the mirror drive with
the exact same partitions or will with the RAID controller do that (I
have nVidia RAID on my mobo)? If the controller does it all, how to I
tell the controller to do it? Or will it just do it automatically?

Thanks.
jim

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