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Hi, i have a Dell Precision 670 server with SCSI disk drives, i have a 74 gb disk and I want to add another 74 gb to make disk mirroring. Any suggestions. I am using it for ubuntu 8.04
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http://www.dell.com/ca/p/inspiron-n411z/pd
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