> -----Original Message----- > From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com] > Sent: den 26 november 2013 17:04 > To: General list for user discussion, questions and support > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc on NAS > > > 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-) > > Normally you'd use relatively new drives since they are cheap anyway, > and probably RAID them so a single drive failure is not a problem. > So, you just need a plan for how to move the disks to a replacement > box if the old motherboard or power supply fails. If you use > software RAID1, that can be as simple as a USB adapter cable so you > can connect one of the drives to a different host or VM where backuppc > is installed for emergency restores. Performance won't be great, but > you don't lose the files.
Okay, so you use not-so-old parts together with the old parts. Sounds reasonable. With enough oldish 80 GB-harddrives, software-raid, and given the chassis-space, I guess one could build a pretty impressive backup-server with BPC. BPC can handle USB(-connected) drives as well then? That opens up for some emergency solutions actually. -- //Sorin
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