Paul, You can go to the Backblaze.com site and read their blog. Backblaze seems to be a great low cost backup service. They use Linux in their servers, but there is not a Linux backup agent for them. ... Kind of a bummer. (I use Crashplan mainly because Backblaze doesn't do linux backups).
Their machines are open source (storage pods in their terms). They keep upgrading them, and they even design their own boxes, and they tell you how to build your own. The part they don't do is tell you exactly the software they run on their units or provide open source clients. They are also very open about their issues with drives. They buy a lot of them, and monitor them well. They have a couple of boot drives (tend to be smaller), and 45 (if I remember right) data drives. Most of their drives are 4 to 6T drives currently, and they continue retiring old drives, and trying new ones. Through their blog (free to subscribe to) they keep us updated on what they have found to date. Take care. ... Jack -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
