> When creating a shadow, is there anyway to find out if the shadow
> file is active and sync'ed with the server?

Are you aware:

- The shadow feature was introduced long before RAID controller
technology was as widely available as it is today.

- The shadow feature is an extremely "expensive" disk operation -- all
writes are duplicated in the engine *software*.


I would recommend in the STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS that you investigate
the use of OS level or controller level disk mirror/RAID solutions,
instead of shadows.


Sean