Re: [BackupPC-users] Recommend an external drive
Kenneth Porter wrote at about 18:29:55 -0700 on Monday, October 18, 2021: > On 10/18/2021 6:23 PM, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: > > What is a "Windows-only" drive? > > I'm a bit worried that some NAS RAID boxes might be SMB-only. But I > suspect a USB drive is going to have better performance for this than a > NAS box, anyway. That has nothing to do with the actual *drive* as the drive itself is almost definitely capable of supporting any file system type. I assume you are saying that the OS and internal/exportable file systems on the NAS may not be compatible with backuppc. Said another way, that's a NAS problem, not a drive problem. Indeed, that would be like saying that the hard drive in a Windows PC is a "Windows-only" drive because the PC runs Windows. If the drive is part of a NAS, then you have several options: 1. Run Backuppc on the NAS (if the NAS is running Linux or capable of running Linux or other similar OS -- potentially you may need to reformat the disk if the file system doesn't support hard links) 2. Run Backuppc on another Linux machine and access the storage on the NAS via NFS or other similar file system access that works with backuppc 3. Remove the disk from the NAS and install it in your backuppc server I don't want to say never, but I would be surprised if you would find a commercial 4+TB hard drive that cannot be (re)formatted to support a file system that works with backuppc. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Recommend an external drive
On 10/18/2021 6:23 PM, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: What is a "Windows-only" drive? I'm a bit worried that some NAS RAID boxes might be SMB-only. But I suspect a USB drive is going to have better performance for this than a NAS box, anyway. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Recommend an external drive
> Any suggestions on which to look at? I want something easy to format to > ext3 or ext4. (Obviously not a "Windows-only" drive!) What is a "Windows-only" drive? ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Recommend an external drive
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 7:03 PM Kenneth Porter wrote: > > My Western Digital MyPassport 4TB external drive has filled up so it's time > to buy something bigger. I'm thinking an 8 or 10, possibly a Western > Digital, as I've had fairly good experience with them over the years. > > Any suggestions on which to look at? I want something easy to format to > ext3 or ext4. (Obviously not a "Windows-only" drive!) If you are a Costco member there is this 8Gb Seagate on sale. https://www.costco.com/seagate-backup-plus-hub-8tb-desktop-hard-drive-with-rescue-data-recovery-services.product.100458004.html I'm not even sure you have to be a member to order it online. I've generally had better luck with Seagate than WD but I think they are mostly the same these days. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
[BackupPC-users] Recommend an external drive
My Western Digital MyPassport 4TB external drive has filled up so it's time to buy something bigger. I'm thinking an 8 or 10, possibly a Western Digital, as I've had fairly good experience with them over the years. Any suggestions on which to look at? I want something easy to format to ext3 or ext4. (Obviously not a "Windows-only" drive!) I'm thinking I'll clone the current drive to have the history and then put the old drive in the vault. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
