Talk:Disk mirroring
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Disk mirroring
[edit]It is a feature of backup 103.240.98.233 (talk) 07:34, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
- What's your question or suggestion? I somewhat disagree, by the way, because mirroring is online and anything that is online or powered up is not a suitable backup, in my book. For instance, that doesn't protect against viruses nor accidental file deletion. — voidxor 22:13, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
- Both mirroring and backup address the risk of data loss, but they are distinct/different processes. Stevebroshar (talk) 13:33, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Disk mirroring vs file shadowing
[edit]WRT "Disk mirroring differs from file shadowing that operates on the file level" That says little since one term includes disk and the other file. Obviously one is for disks and one for files. The interesting question is: what's the difference between mirroring and shadowing? Or is file mirroring or disk shadowing not a thing? I think mirror and shadow have distinct meanings ... which should be described.
Further, for multiple reasons I think this article should be less disk specific both in title and the body. Not only is disk an obsolete tech, but mirroring is a computing concept that has always had a bigger scope than disk (or drive). I think this should be scoped and titled more to 'mirror' in the context of computer storage. Maybe the title should be Mirror (computer storage) or Mirror (computer data storage) to align with computer data storage. Stevebroshar (talk) 13:42, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
- I agree with your first paragraph, but can you consolidate your feelings into a specific proposal? Baby steps are fine if we don't want to make drastic changes.
- I strongly disagree that disks are obsolete tech. Data centers, businesses, and professional video editors still make good use of hard disk drives—due to their low cost per terabyte—despite the proliferation of solid-state drives. I also still use HDDs for backup purposes (magnetism ages better than capacitive charge). Some people would even define "SSD" as standing for "solid-state disk", as is listed in the lede paragraph of that article.
- As far as moving it, I'm a little hesitant because I think the common name among tech people and software documentation would still be "disk mirroring". If you can show me to be wrong, that would be helpful. — voidxor 16:19, 23 May 2025 (UTC)