Jason Crowe wrote: > How can I keep the two servers mirrored after they are put into use? I > had planned on using dd after the install. is using cat a better way? It sounds like you want a high availability system. This can get *REAL* complicated, depending on exactly how you define "high availability". I suggest you start at the linux-HA site: http://www.linux-ha.org/ ...read the linux-HA HOWTO: http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/linux-ha/High-Availability-HOWTO.html ...and put some serious thought into exactly *HOW* available you really your system to be. Is a nightly rsync good enough? Do you really need fully transparent failover, and if so, do you have the budget (not only in $ but in install/configuration/maintainence man-hours & knowledge) to implement it? -- Charles Steinkuehler charles@steinkuehler.net