Troy writes:
> I've been using BackupPC for quite a while, and recently started
> running low on disk space. We've got a 2TB NAS device that I'd like
> to use as a destination for BackupPC's data. I've got it setup to
> mount on boot via CIFS in fstab, and I can read and write data to the
> NAS. But for some reason, when I copy the "pc" directory to the NAS,
> make a symbolic link in its place and restart BackupPC, backups fail
> very quickly (within 2 minutes). Unfortunately I'm not seeing any
> diagnostic output in the logs. I can't even access the logs, once the
> pc directory is on the NAS, BackupPC complains that it can't read
> them (through the browser).
>
> Has anyone gotten a similar system working? I'd love to use this 2TB
> array for storage. It's unfortunate that I have to use CIFS to mount
> it, it has an embedded Windows OS that only supports SMB, AFS and
> FTP. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
You need two things:
- a file system that supports unix-style hardlinks. CIFS does not.
- everything (not just the pc directory) stored on the same
file system.
Craig
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