> -----Original Message----- > From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com] > Sent: den 28 november 2013 06:14 > To: General list for user discussion, questions and support > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc on NAS > > > 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. > > > I'd go for new TB+ SATA drives even if you have to add a controller. > > > BPC can handle USB(-connected) drives as well then? That opens up for some > > emergency solutions actually. > > BPC doesn't really care about the interface as long as the filesystem > is mounted in the right place. USB isn't as fast or efficient as > SATA, but it does work. Backuppc needs to put the whole archive on > one filesystem - and if you want to be able to recover from one drive > out of a raid, the raid can only be RAID1 (mirrored). For a long > time I ran a system where 3 drives were configured as a RAID1 but the > 3 volume was plugged in long enough to resync, then rotated offsite. > And I had a VM set up on my laptop that could access the offline disk > with a usb adapter cable if I had ever needed to restore from it. The > offices involved have more bandwidth now so I just run the backups > from an offsite location.
Thanks! -- //Sorin
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