Vlad Skvortsov writes: > I'm looking for an external backup solution for my FreeBSD file > server. I want it to be pluggable via USB interface (I'd share > it with a couple of servers). I'd also like to be able to move > backups to an off-site storage, so external HDD won't probably > work for me. My data size is currently about 50G, but I expect it > to grow to about 250G. My price range is below $300. > > Suggestions?
Check out Addonics, particularly the Saturn system. I have one of these: http://www.addonics.com/products/Saturn/aeschd.asp and it's worked just fine - with one exception - for the last several months. The exception is transfer speed: for reasons confounding diagnosis, I am only getting ~2mbytes/sec across a USB 2.0 connection. Now if I could only find a source for inexpensive (<$20) 80 Gbyte IDE hard drives .... Robert Huff _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"