Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

On 12-07-21 02:42 PM, Timothy J Massey wrote: > For most people, a VM is going to make for a much less reliable > solution. They will be way too tempted to put the VM on the same > storage as their production hardware. > > For someone who understands the dangers, and has a disaster recovery > re

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

For most people, a VM is going to make for a much less reliable solution. They will be way too tempted to put the VM on the same storage as their production hardware. For someone who understands the dangers, and has a disaster recovery replication set up for their VM's already, backup PC either

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote: > Sorry for the late reply. > > anything/everything in a VM is an attraction. :-) Sure, where you don't mind the loss in performance. > I had hoped for a pre-configured VM appliance so I could easily evaluate it. But if someone else d

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

Sorry for the late reply. anything/everything in a VM is an attraction. :-) I had hoped for a pre-configured VM appliance so I could easily evaluate it. I did not have such an easy implementation experience (as evidenced by apparent exhaustion of this listserv during the process). Being able t

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote: > > I just recently been introduced to BackupPC and I've been pursuing this as a > VM appliance to backup non-critical targets. Thus, as a VM, I would use > remote storage (iSCSI) to provide capacity instead of local virtual disk. That

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

Wow - great posts here - thank you; good information. I just recently been introduced to BackupPC and I've been pursuing this as a VM appliance to backup non-critical targets. Thus, as a VM, I would use remote storage (iSCSI) to provide capacity instead of local virtual disk. High-value data is

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

On 07/13 12:59 , Timothy J Massey wrote: > And while a Drobo is one of the very nicest ones, it is still very much a > small NAS box. > BackupPC really wants to be set up on a standalone PC with directly attached > disks. I've used BackupPC on a Drobo device. Performance sucked compared to local

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Mike wrote: > On 12-07-13 01:50 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote: > > I think I had a buddy try AoE and found it problematic - not yet ready > > for prime time? > > > > I've used it for a variety of things from software RAID to network > booting - no problems here?

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

> > > Yes, NFS or iSCSI will work, but it is really a lot cheaper to just > throw some big drives in a linux box. +1 to that. > And in all the questions you've > asked I don't remember any yet about getting offsite copies of the > archive, which is usually the one hard thing with backuppc that

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

The latency that remote storage adds, particularly at a higher level like NFS or SMB, can really hurt BackupPC's performance. Besides, it is going to hammer the daylights out of that remote storage, leaving very little performance for anybody else. And while a Drobo is one of the very nicest o

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

What problem are you guys trying to solve by separating the backup PC processing from the storage? Given back up PCs extremely high storage requirements, and the demands it places upon that storage, I can't imagine that you're going to try to share that storage with anybody else. Besides, if yo

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

On 12-07-13 01:50 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote: > I think I had a buddy try AoE and found it problematic - not yet ready > for prime time? > I've used it for a variety of things from software RAID to network booting - no problems here? -- Looking for (employment|contract) work in the Internet

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

On 12-07-13 01:38 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote: Thanks for your reply. Yeah, we're using a NAS device, but not necessary "those small ones" - using this Drobo B800fs . So NFS would be a protocol-based option for the data pool? Still,

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote: > Thanks for your reply. Yeah, we're using a NAS device, but not necessary > "those small ones" - using this Drobo B800fs. So NFS would be a > protocol-based option for the data pool? Still, iSCSI would be best if not > DAS? Yes, NF

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

I think I had a buddy try AoE and found it problematic - not yet ready for prime time? On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Mike wrote: > On 12-07-13 01:38 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. Yeah, we're using a NAS device, but not necessary > "those small ones" - using thi

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

Thanks for your reply. Yeah, we're using a NAS device, but not necessary "those small ones" - using this Drobo B800fs. So NFS would be a protocol-based option for the data pool? Still, iSCSI would be best if not DAS? On Fri, Jul 13, 20

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote: > Can BackupPC's data pool (/var/lib/BackupPC) be a CIFS mount, or must it be > a block device? I'm thinking it requires a block device due to the > hardlinks/inodes BackupPC depends on, and I'm not sure that a cifs-mounted > folder giv

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC data pool

Can BackupPC's data pool (/var/lib/BackupPC) be a CIFS mount, or must it be a block device? I'm thinking it requires a block device due to the hardlinks/inodes BackupPC depends on, and I'm not sure that a cifs-mounted folder gives you that ability. -