On 11/26 12:31 , Sorin Srbu wrote: > One might however discuss how wise it is to run potentially important backups > on old hardware that might, or not, give up its ghost anytime. 8-)
My experience with NASes has been very mixed. Generally speaking, you get what you pay for. If you buy a Netgear consumer-grade NAS, you may find that one day it spontaneously loses all your data (had that happen). Buy an IOmega, and every once in a while it'll flake out and stop working. I think we have a Dell NAS that's been trouble-free. Possibly so trouble-free that I am barely aware of its existence. I know the Netapp Filers have been rock-solid... but at their price they better be. My advice is to consider the costs of a NAS in relation to the value of your data... and also keep in mind that sleepless nights for admins as they fix things, and outsourced data recovery get *very* expensive. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ 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/
