ive had my server for over 2 years now but its time to expand my storage. i have moved to WH 2TB Caviar Red Drives. In the past if i have wanted to make sure i had copies of any files on a drive i would manually drag and drop files over to another drive that wasnt mapped in the server folders section. this meant access to the drives i did this with was limited and kept wear down to the minimum. Now with my new drives i decided i would try the mirror feature in whs 2011 but there was something i did not consider before doing this.
1. Is the second drive "backup" only written to when the primary drive is altered?
2. Is the "backup" drive accessed as if it was the primary drive when data is requested from the server?
3. Is the "backup" drive accessed, read or written to in any other way than when there is an alteration to the primary drive that needs to be copied over?
Sorry if I have explained that badly but mirrored drives are hard to explain lol
thanks for the help