> On 01/31/11 07:17, mayak-cq wrote: > > hi all, > > > > just a quick question about what the best approach is for having > > two usb storage devices > > One piece of not-specifically-bacula-related advice: Rather than > buying off-the-shelf USB drives, you may be better advised to buy a > USB external housing and install a separately-purchased drive of known > quality into it. A lot of off-the-shelf USB disk drives turn out to > contain the absolute cheapest possible disks, with predictable adverse > implications for both performance and reliability. >
Another way of dealing with cheap USB-drives could be to build a zfs-pool. You'll need to set up a Solaris or FreeBSD (I took a FreeBSD zfs-only system) host which serves at least as the SD. In the end you'll have a bunch of cheap hardware made reliable with the amazing capabilities of zfs. Greetings, Oliver ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
