On 05/17 11:25 , Timothy J Massey wrote: > One option for using a NAS is to use a standard PC in front of it and > mount the NAS via iSCSI (**NOT** NFS!!!) and use the NAS' storage that > way. That will give you the best results: many have tried to use pools > mounted via NFS, and few (none?) have succeeded. BackupPC is pretty hard > on filesystems, and NFS is fragile.
I've put the data pool on a firewire attachment to a DRobo NAS. It does drive up load substantially as the system waits on I/O from the remote device. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ 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/
