On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Michael Conner <mdc1...@gmail.com> wrote: > and a NAS (and may be adding another). Note that my Linux knowledge is still > limited but growing as I look at more open source stuff.
So here's another reason to set up that second NAS. What I've done is set up a separate (bigger) NAS that also acts as my backup server. It holds not only the backup sets, but all big files that are both very large and not important enough to back up - easily retrieved or recreated media filesets, cold-metal restore clone images, ISO and thin client boot images and virtual machine images, temporary scratch space for LVM snapshots, testing and in-process file conversions, exports from version control systems, sync targets for very-frequently backed up file sets (via Time Machine, Rsnapshot, Unison). Etc. So all "important" data is either on individual hosts or the central NAS, and only data that is either "unimportant" or already being backed up elsewhere is stored on the big cahuna NAS, which is also the backup server. Handled yet again separately is the offsite rotation of especially important data sets to protect against theft and the various possible site-level disasters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
